δ FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1876-1965)

δ FRANK HENRY MASON (BRITISH, 1876-1965) Self Sacrifice: H.M.S. 'Jervis Bay' in action with 'Admiral Scheer', 1940 Signed 'Frank H. Mason' (lower left) Oil on canvas board 17½ x 29½in. (44.5 x 75cm.) Provenance: H.M.T. Worcester, where displayed until presented to Ian A. Borland, Secretary to Worcester, upon its closing in 1968, and via the family. Anticipating events in Europe, the British Government requisitioned Jervis Bay in August 1939 and rapidly converted her into an Armed M

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H 44,5 × B 75 cm