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An image showing 'The Chief Operator and the Chief Engineer with chess board' John Kingsley Cook, 1941. Front.'
An image showing 'The Chief Operator and the Chief Engineer with chess board' John Kingsley Cook, 1941. Back.'
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'The Chief Operator and the Chief Engineer with chess board'

This is one of 262 drawings and 2 paintings presented to the Museum by the artist's family in 2012, and related to John Kingsley Cook's wartime service in the merchant navy between December 1940 and August 1945. This scene of leisure time on board ship has been drawn on the back of a piece of navigational chart. The back of the drawing is marked with the title, in the artist's hand: 'The Chief R/O & Chief Engineer playing chess'.
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Object Details

ID: ZBA5197
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cook, John Kingsley
Places: London; Malta
Date made: 1941
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012
Measurements: Overall: 117 mm x 169 mm