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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

HM SHIPS POWERFUL, CHALLENGER & ENCOUNTER

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BATELIER, Claude James

1907

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BATELIER COLLECTION

Overview

Watercolour, ink and gouache of three warships steaming at speed towards the artist. Colours are varying shades of grey, black & white throughout. H.M.S. POWERFUL is centre picture closest to the artist, H.M.S. CHALLENGER is in line astern of POWERFUL and H.M.S. ENCOUNTER is on CHALLENGER's starboard beam, viewed by the artist across POWERFUL's bow.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-51-V1992.78

Item type

Artworks

Themes

Material

Gouache

Ink

Paper

Watercolours

Width

615 mm

Height or length

400 mm

Inscriptions and markings

In the seascape area, "C.J.BATELIER 07"
Bottom edge C.J. BATELIER

-BB- (Batelier Brothers)

Keywords

ILLUSTRATION

Watercolour

Ship

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Last modified

Wednesday, 14 January, 2026

Completeness

83

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