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The Fore Cabin, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 16th November 1918
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Sir John Lavery, R.A., R.S.A., R.H.A. (1856-1941)
The Fore Cabin, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 16th November 1918
signed, inscribed and dated 'PAINTED IN/THE FORE CABIN H.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH/16TH NOVEMBER. 1918./J Lavery' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated again 'INTERPRETER/VICE ADMIRAL/SIR MONTAGUE E. BROWNING KC.R..M.V.O./ COMMANDER ROGER BELLAIRS./VICE-ADMIRAL/SIR OSMOND DE B. BROCK/K.C.M.G. K.C.V.O. C.B./ ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY./G.C.B. G.C.V.O. D.S.O./ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES MADDEN./ K.C.B. K.C.M.G. C.V.O./REAR-ADMIRAL/SIR REGINALD Y. TYRWHITT./K.C.B. D.S.O./PAYMASTER COMMANDER/F.T. SPICKERNELL D.S.O. (right side, on the reverse), 'FLAG CAPTAIN/A.E.M. CHATFIELD/C.B. C.V.D. C.M.G./ LEUT. Z SEE BRAUNECK/KAPITÄNLEUT. VON FRAUDENREGEN/KONTRE-ADMIRAL HUGO/MEURER./KORVETTEN-KAPITÄN/HINTZMANN/KAPITÄNLEUTNANT SAALWÄCHTER/COMMODORE/HON. HUBERT BRAND/A.C. C.B. C.V.O.' (left side, on the reverse), 'ORIGINAL STUDY/PAINTED IN THE FORE CABIN H.M.S. QUEEN. ELIZABETH./16TH NOV. 1918./BY JOHN LAVERY.' (lower centre, on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
The Fore Cabin, H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth 16th November 1918
signed, inscribed and dated 'PAINTED IN/THE FORE CABIN H.M.S. QUEEN ELIZABETH/16TH NOVEMBER. 1918./J Lavery' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated again 'INTERPRETER/VICE ADMIRAL/SIR MONTAGUE E. BROWNING KC.R..M.V.O./ COMMANDER ROGER BELLAIRS./VICE-ADMIRAL/SIR OSMOND DE B. BROCK/K.C.M.G. K.C.V.O. C.B./ ADMIRAL SIR DAVID BEATTY./G.C.B. G.C.V.O. D.S.O./ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES MADDEN./ K.C.B. K.C.M.G. C.V.O./REAR-ADMIRAL/SIR REGINALD Y. TYRWHITT./K.C.B. D.S.O./PAYMASTER COMMANDER/F.T. SPICKERNELL D.S.O. (right side, on the reverse), 'FLAG CAPTAIN/A.E.M. CHATFIELD/C.B. C.V.D. C.M.G./ LEUT. Z SEE BRAUNECK/KAPITÄNLEUT. VON FRAUDENREGEN/KONTRE-ADMIRAL HUGO/MEURER./KORVETTEN-KAPITÄN/HINTZMANN/KAPITÄNLEUTNANT SAALWÄCHTER/COMMODORE/HON. HUBERT BRAND/A.C. C.B. C.V.O.' (left side, on the reverse), 'ORIGINAL STUDY/PAINTED IN THE FORE CABIN H.M.S. QUEEN. ELIZABETH./16TH NOV. 1918./BY JOHN LAVERY.' (lower centre, on the reverse)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Provenance
Admiral of the Fleet, the Right Hon. Lord Chatfield, and by descent.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1996.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1996.
Literature
‘The Royal Academy’, Western Daily News, 3 May 1919, p. 4.
‘Battle Scenes’, Leicester Daily Post, 3 May 1919, p. 1.
‘Royal Academy: First Notice’, The Times, 5 May 1919, p. 18.
F. Mclean, ‘The Royal Academy: Second Notice’, Western Daily Press, 6 May 1919, p. 6.
‘Our London Letter’, West Sussex County Times, 10 May 1919, p. 6.
‘The Royal Academy: Scots at Burlington House’, The Scotsman, 13 May 1919, p. 4.
‘The Royal Academy’, Bournemouth Graphic, 16 May 1918, p. 5.
J. Lavery, The Life of a Painter, Cassell, 1940, pp. 146-8.
K. McConkey, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, Edinburgh, 2010, pp. 140-2.
‘Battle Scenes’, Leicester Daily Post, 3 May 1919, p. 1.
‘Royal Academy: First Notice’, The Times, 5 May 1919, p. 18.
F. Mclean, ‘The Royal Academy: Second Notice’, Western Daily Press, 6 May 1919, p. 6.
‘Our London Letter’, West Sussex County Times, 10 May 1919, p. 6.
‘The Royal Academy: Scots at Burlington House’, The Scotsman, 13 May 1919, p. 4.
‘The Royal Academy’, Bournemouth Graphic, 16 May 1918, p. 5.
J. Lavery, The Life of a Painter, Cassell, 1940, pp. 146-8.
K. McConkey, John Lavery, A Painter and his World, Edinburgh, 2010, pp. 140-2.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, 1919, no. 99.
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