'Loading at night, Savannah'

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 was drawn on the back of a piece of navigational chart, inscribed with the words: ''Loading at night, Savannah. 1941. Stevedores, Beaumont'. This drawing was made on John Kingsley Cook's first trip to the United States; he was in Savannah between 16 May and 29 June 1941.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5290
Type: Watercolour
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: 179 mm x 123 mm