'In the Gulf of Mexico'

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. It is drawn on the back of a piece of a small scale navigational chart showing the US Coast around the Missisippi River. The fragment is part of the right hand edge of the chart.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5253
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: 209 mm x 285 mm