Art work by Richard Eurich D.Litt. RA OBE (1903-1992) Catalogue Raisonnée: https://richardeurich.co.uk/. Contact: Philippa Bambach 07890 390633

The Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 2

c1961

43.8h x 54w (cm)

Ships | Boats | Harbours | Ports

Commissioned Works

RA Summer Exhibitions

Alternatives:

Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard 1960 []

Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard [RE sales diary]

Tags:

England

Hampshire

Portsmouth

Ships / Boats / Harbours

The South

Themes

Subject

Royal Navy

battleship

guns

military

ship

towing

tugs tug boat

warships

This painting depicts HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy's last battleship, being towed out of Portsmouth harbour on its final journey to the breakers yard. The story of its departure is well documented because it notoriously ran aground.

We have three other records for RE works depicting the departure: Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 1, HMS Vanguard, 4th August 1960, Portsmouth (c1961) and Study of HMS Vanguard leaving Portsmouth to be Broken Up (c1961). The last two may refer to the same work.

- REP / PC

The sketch below is dated the 6th of August, 1960 but the event of HMS Vanguard being towed out of Portsmouth harbour is generally recorded as being the 4th of August. We cannot explain this discrepency.

- REP-PC

Provenance & Events

EXHIBITION • 29th Apr to 13th Aug 1961

"Summer Exhibition 1961"

Royal Academy of Arts

Cat 259

SOLO SHOW • 29th Sep to 16th Oct 1970

"Richard Eurich - Recent Paintings"

Arthur Tooth & Sons

Cat 40, illustrated

Priced at £250

ACQUIRED • 1970

bought by private collector from Tooth's

Related Works

Last Voyage of HMS Vanguard, Portsmouth: 4th August, 1960, No 1 (1961)

HMS Vanguard, 4th August 1960, Portsmouth (1961)