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"Midnight Sun"

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Item (Accession level)

Date:

1940

Reference:

Accession number: 1977-063 PIC, 00181, Box number: 1328

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2977892

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Canada. Department of External Affairs collection

"Midnight Sun"
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1940

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 reproduction : photograph of a painting on bromide paper
Support 15.500 x 20.500 cm

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Depicted is the deck of an unidentified British warship, at sea, showing the midnight sun shining down on a Depth Charge Thrower Stalk and Canister (centre left). In the background are an unidentified British aircraft carrier (right) and beyond, in the far distance, two other warships (centre)

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Artist: Ravilious, Eric William 1903-07-22-d. 1942

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: signed recto, in the image, b.r.: "Ravilious. / June 1940"; typewritten, on a white adhesive label, applied to the verso of the photograph: "LD.280 Eric Ravilious, / "Midnight Sun" / (Officially commissioned 1940)"; rubber stamped (rectangular shaped / enclosed), on the verso of the photograph, in purple ink: "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION / BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH / Number: / CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED / This photograph must not / be reproduced in any form / Without permission." (Complete Transcription)
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activité militaire

Military Activity
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1977-063 PIC
R219
RG25

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1977-063 PIC
00181
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Record must be consulted under the supervision of an Archivist

Box [1977-063] 1328

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001328 Item no. assigned by LAC 181

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Copy negative [00181] C-144149

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1977-63-181
Copyright: Tate Gallery

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