Train ferry at Dover Harbour, 12 June 1944

In his work as a war artist Piper worked on a wide range of subjects. While some of the results had the look of the modern movement of abstract art that he had abandoned in the late 1930s, others show him working strictly as a recorder.

Object Details

ID: PAJ2873
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: John Piper
Places: Port of Dover
Date made: 1944
People: Lewis, Clarissa
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1947
Measurements: Image: 555 x 705 mm; Frame: 790 x 925 mm