© Discovery Point/Royal Research Ship Discovery
The Discovery at Falmouth 1927
Artist: Henry Scott Tuke (1858 - 1929)
Location: Discovery Point/Royal Research Ship Discovery
Date: 1927
Materials: watercolour
Dimensions: 24.8 x 17cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £4,000)
Vendor: Michael Hardy
Review number: 5989 (2007)
Provenance:
Sir Alister Hardy, leader of the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition, 1925-27; by descent to his son Michael Hardy.
Description:
The painting marks an important point in the ship's history, her return from the Antarctic after the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition of 1925-27, the first maritime research undertaken to explore the natural habitat of the whale, their migration patterns and numbers. The ship is seen at anchor when it berthed at Falmouth in 1927.
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