Hider oil painting Royal Canadian Navy corvette, 1940

Name/Title

Hider oil painting "Royal Canadian Navy corvette, 1940"

Entry/Object ID

1987.7.1

Description

Oil Painting (oil on canvas) "Royal Canadian Navy Flower-Class Corvette, 1940-1945." Detail of corvette in centre of blue-white-green sea. The ship has just dropped a depth charge, which has exploded, with a fountain of water aft. To the rear, a destroyer lays a smokescreen.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Made/Created

Artist

Arthur Henry Hider (1870-1952) Canadian

Date made

1944 - 1945

Notes

Date: 1944

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Location

bottom right

Transcription

accesion number on back in pencil

Dimensions

Width

64.5 cm

Length

84.5 cm

Dimension Notes

25.25 x 33.25 ins. Image Size: 64.5 x 84.5 cm