Eric Pape's Gloucester Harbor Battle Mural

Painting

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Hammond Castle Museum

Name/Title

Eric Pape's Gloucester Harbor Battle Mural

Entry/Object ID

HM-828

Description

Mural in War Room, painted by Eric Pape in 1918. Signed and dated lower right of central panel, obscured. Scene depicts imaginary sea fight with radio-controlled torpedoes (J.H.Hammond Jr. invention) destroying enemy fleet from the air. Moved from bungalow to castle @ 1930 Conservation work in 2019-2020

Collection

Painting

Acquisition

Accession

828

Made/Created

Date made

1917

Place

Location

American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mural

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

General Notes

Note Type

1988-12-13 Vose appraisal of Pictures in slots, p(5)