Signed by artist and dated. King (1881-1942) was one of the artists employed by the Imperial War Museum to record the naval side First World War, following its foundation in March 1917. This drawing relates to that enterprise, albeit dated June 1919, since it shows the Mole at Zeebrugge which was the site of one of the last major seaborne assaults of the war in 1918 to impede use of the port by the Germans to supply their Western Front lines by coastal traffic, and for U-boats. King's view is from the outer end of the Mole looking roughly west, with the harbour on the left. W.L. Wyllie also drew the site just after the war, looking towards King's position: these sketches are also in the collection.