HMS Orion

Object details

Category

Art

Related period

Interwar (content)

Creator

Anderson, A

Place made

Great Britain

Materials

Support: paper

medium: Pencil

Dimensions

Support: Height 148 mm, Width 275 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART 15536 7

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