E. TUFNELL (BRITISH, 1888-1978)
H.M.S. 'Dorsetshire'
Watercolour heightened with white
Signed 'E. TUFNELL.' (lower right) and inscribed 'H.M.S. 'DORSETSHIRE.'' (lower left)
8 x 11in. (20 x 28cm.)

H.M.S. Dorsetshire, a heavy cruiser of the 'County' class, was commissioned 30 September 1930. She was instrumental in the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in the North Atlantic along with Rodney, King George V, and Norfolk in 1941. Dorsetshire and her sister ship Cornwall, were sunk in the Indian Ocean by Japanese dive-bombers in 1942.

Condition Report
Excellent condition; this picture was commissioned from the artist by a collector who never displayed it and it has not been framed or subjected to sunlight.

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