'The fight in the courtyard'

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 This shows a scene from captivity in Méchéria, Algeria, in 1942, drawn in the 1980s when Cook was working on his unpublished memoirs.

Object Details

ID: ZBA5307
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Cook, John Kingsley
Places: London; Malta
Date made: 1942; 1980s
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by the artist's family, 2012.
Measurements: Overall: 121 mm x 197 mm