HMS Mauritius, the four inch guns by Stephen Bone (SEB contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image of the painting ‘HMS Mauritius, the four inch guns‘ Painted in 1944 by Stephen Bone, an Official Naval War Artist in World War 2. During the summer of 1944, the light cruiser HMS Mauritius patrolled the English Channel and Bone spent time on board and recorded life at sea. The small size of the painting suggests that it was done on the spot and is one of several Bone made whilst aboard the ship. He focuses on the large guns and highlights their size by including small people on the right hand-side. The colours are based on a muted palette of greys, blues and greens. This reflects the dreary light conditions and weather the crew must have encountered whilst patrolling the English Channel. The four inches referred to in the title describes the diameter of the ammunition that was fired by the guns. The tactile image is nearly one and a half times smaller/larger than the actual painting and gives a very simplified overview. The sea and sky have no texture with a strip of texture for the land. This texture is also used for the life rafts and the gun turret. Two further textures show the deck and the upper deck with lines to give an idea of some of the structures on it. Solid texture shows the guns, the tall funnel, the sailors, the railings and mesh on the deck, detail on the turret, structures on the upper deck, the v-shaped straps on the life raft, and the ships in the distance. Key to image: D: deck FL: tall funnel FS: small funnel G1: guns in turret G2L guns behind life raft L1: life raft between guns L2: life raft strapped to base of tall funnel M: metal mesh R: railings S: ships in distance TE: turret entrance U: upper deck 1: two sailors near life raft 2: two sailors near gun turret 3: sailor in white jersey and cap near railings
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/11/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Imperial War Museum
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Caroline Walker
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.