U.S. GREAT WHITE FLEET - SEARCHLIGHT DISPLAY

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BATELIER, Claude James

1908

Overview

Watercolour inks and gouache of the U.S Great White fleet at anchor in King George Sound, during its visit to Albany in September 1908.

It is a dark black background, superimposed with light to dark grey searchlight beams. In the bottom third of the picture, the lowest beams are broken with the silhouettes of the warships. The hulls of the two closest ships are visible, together with the funnels and masts of at least 3 other ships.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-51-V2008.2

Item type

Artworks

Themes

Art and Design

Material

Cardboard

Ink

Watercolours

Width

526 mm

Height or length

368 mm

Inscriptions and markings

C.J. Batelier
In the top RH border are pencilled the names 'VERMONT' & 'VIRGINIA', presumably identifying the two closest ships. Also 'OHIO' & ILL?, identifying 'OHIO' & 'ILLINOIS'. In the bottom border is pencilled 'WISCONSIN'. In the RH border, the continuation of three searchlight beams occurring in the picture, are pencilled in. Close to the upper beam is pencilled, Kansas; in the centre beam, Huze; and below the centre beam, two words, which could be Maine and Hugo.

Contextual information

Quite unusual.

Keywords

ILLUSTRATION

Watercolour

Ship

Year

1908

Last modified

Wednesday, 12 November, 2025

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