Tunny boat, Brittany

A woodcut featuring a Tunny boat with the town of Brittany in back. A crew of four men work on board the boat. Notations on the ship’s hull include ‘B2053’ and ‘MATHILDE.’ The image is centrally divided by a brick wall, separating the town from the water’s edge. A beached sailboat sits at the right, and an empty rowboat drifts in the foreground next to the Tunny boat.

Signed by artist.; No.14 of 50.

Norman Janes (1892-1980) was a British Artist and Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers between 1945 and 1962. Janes attended the Slade School of Fine Arts, the Central School of Art and Crafts, and the Royal College of Art. His teachers included Henry Tonks, William Palmer Robins, Sir Frank Short and Malcolm Osborne.

Object Details

ID: PAG9447
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Janes, Norman Thomas
Vessels: Mathilde (B2053) [French]
Date made: 20C; 2053
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 258 x 347 mm; Mount: 507 x 380 mm