Sir John Lavery RHA RA RSA (1856-1941) Dover Harbour, 1917 (The Fleet at Anchor) Oil on canvas, 51 x 76cm (20 x 30'') Signed. Signed again, inscribed with title and dated 1917 verso (label for Hon. S. Holt verso) Provenance: Purchased privately through the Frederick Gallery, February 1998, by John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Early in 1917 Lavery commenced a series of works of The Harbour at St-Jean-de-Luz showing Norwegian Cargo ships finding safe haven in the Bay. This scene,although similar , is not as tranquil as it appears there are some German bombers in the sky. In May 1917 Gotha IV twin engine bi-planes replaced the earlier Zeppelin German bombers. These caught several English coastal towns such as Folkestone, bombed on Whitsun 25th May 1917 , unprepared for daylight raids . This picture is thought to have been painted later in 1917 when Dover was bombed several times from the beginning of September of that year. Lavery was to return to paint in Dover in May the following year showing the towns coastal defences including the anti-submarine netting. Several of these works are now in The Imperial War Museum in London. Sir John Lavery RHA RA RSA (1856-1941) Dover Harbour, 1917 (The Fleet at Anchor) Oil on canvas, 51 x 76cm (20 x 30'') Signed. Signed again, inscribed with title and dated 1917 verso (label for Hon. S. Holt verso) Provenance: Purchased privately through the Frederick Gallery, February 1998, by John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Early in 1917 Lavery commenced a series of works of The Harbour at St-Jean-de-Luz showing Norwegian Cargo ships finding safe haven in the Bay. This scene,although similar , is not as tranquil as it appears there are some German bombers in the sky. In May 1917 Gotha IV twin engine bi-planes replaced the earlier Zeppelin German bombers. These caught several English coastal towns such as Folkestone, bombed on Whitsun 25th May 1917 , unprepared for daylight raids . This picture is thought to have been painted later in 1917 when Dover was bombed several times from the beginning of September of that year. Lavery was to return to paint in Dover in May the following year showing the towns coastal defences including the anti-submarine netting. Several of these works are now in The Imperial War Museum in London.
Sir John Lavery RHA RA RSA (1856-1941) Dover Harbour, 1917 (The Fleet at Anchor) Oil on canvas, 51 x 76cm (20 x 30'') Signed. Signed again, inscribed with title and dated 1917 verso (label for Hon. S. Holt verso) Provenance: Purchased privately through the Frederick Gallery, February 1998, by John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Early in 1917 Lavery commenced a series of works of The Harbour at St-Jean-de-Luz showing Norwegian Cargo ships finding safe haven in the Bay. This scene,although similar , is not as tranquil as it appears there are some German bombers in the sky. In May 1917 Gotha IV twin engine bi-planes replaced the earlier Zeppelin German bombers. These caught several English coastal towns such as Folkestone, bombed on Whitsun 25th May 1917 , unprepared for daylight raids . This picture is thought to have been painted later in 1917 when Dover was bombed several times from the beginning of September of that year. Lavery was to return to paint in Dover in May the following year showing the towns coastal defences including the anti-submarine netting. Several of these works are now in The Imperial War Museum in London. Sir John Lavery RHA RA RSA (1856-1941) Dover Harbour, 1917 (The Fleet at Anchor) Oil on canvas, 51 x 76cm (20 x 30'') Signed. Signed again, inscribed with title and dated 1917 verso (label for Hon. S. Holt verso) Provenance: Purchased privately through the Frederick Gallery, February 1998, by John P. Reihill, Deepwell, Blackrock, Co. Dublin Early in 1917 Lavery commenced a series of works of The Harbour at St-Jean-de-Luz showing Norwegian Cargo ships finding safe haven in the Bay. This scene,although similar , is not as tranquil as it appears there are some German bombers in the sky. In May 1917 Gotha IV twin engine bi-planes replaced the earlier Zeppelin German bombers. These caught several English coastal towns such as Folkestone, bombed on Whitsun 25th May 1917 , unprepared for daylight raids . This picture is thought to have been painted later in 1917 when Dover was bombed several times from the beginning of September of that year. Lavery was to return to paint in Dover in May the following year showing the towns coastal defences including the anti-submarine netting. Several of these works are now in The Imperial War Museum in London.
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