'The Mate'

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 fragment of a small scale chart showing Cape Fear and Onslow Bank, USA. Engraving style consistent with publications from the US Coast and Geodetic Survey, and with the fragments ZBA5252 and ZBA5249.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5277
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: 167 mm x 120 mm