Mikasa War Ship Japan By George Tuckwell For Book "fighting Ships" Original Art

Original pen and ink drawing with coloration. A streak runs across the top but not affecting image. Measuring 10" by 6" otherwise unframed and in good condition.

Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1890s and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima. Days after the end of the war, Mikasa's magazine accidentally exploded and sank the ship. She was salvaged and her repairs took over two years to complete. Afterwards, the ship served as a coast-defence ship during World War I and supported Japanese forces during the Siberian Intervention in the Russian Civil War.
After 1922, Mikasa was decommissioned in accordance with the Washington Naval Treaty and preserved as a museum ship at Yokosuka. She was badly neglected during the post-World War II Occupation of Japan and required extensive refurbishing in the late 1950s. She has been partially restored and is now a museum ship located at Mikasa Park in Yokosuka. Mikasa is the last remaining example of a pre-dreadnought battleship anywhere in the world and the last example of a British-built battleship still existing.

George Arthur Tuckwell, artist (1919-2000). Not much is known about the artist except the few works of art that have come to the market. It appears that he was also a book illustrator or worked on several books, including one titled "Fighting Ships" a story of the history of ships from the very early period to modern sea and air ships. This is a collection of George Tuckwell watercolors from that book. Tuckwell's draftsmanship of the ships are clean and well executed. His images of people follow his artistic lean toward the abstract. images for a book entitled Fighting Ships.

Notes: Spot across the top, otherwise good condition not affecting text. See images.

$5 - $10

10" x 0.01" x 6"

Fine Art, Works on Paper

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Richard Gabriel | (781) 883-6639 | gabriel@calixbooks.com

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