'Chief Engineer reading'

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 drawing was made while John Kingsley Cook was in captivity in Algeria, between October 1941 and November 1942. The verso shows a sketch of Algerian Goums.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5298
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cook, John Kingsley
Places: London; Malta
Date made: 1941; 1942
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012.
Measurements: Overall: 209 mm x 134 mm