Live Auction 9679Maritime Art
Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst)
Lot 99 THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR

Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst)

Bringing in the wounded Lion

Closed20 November 2013

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GBP 6,250

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Montague Dawson, F.R.S.A., R.S.M.A. (Chiswick 1895-1973 Midhurst)
Bringing in the wounded Lion
signed 'MONTAGUE. DAWSON.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
36 x 28 in. (91.4 x 71.1 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 May 1992, lot 171.

Specialist note

Laid down at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth on 29th November 1909 and launched on 6th August 1910, H.M.S. Lion served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet's battlecruisers during the Great War and was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Beatty at both the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland. She is seen here undertow by H.M.S. Indomitable after being badly damaged by shellfire at the battle of Dogger Bank, 24th January 1915.