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The night watch, c.1943-44 (pen & wash, black & blue)

The night watch, c.1943-44 (pen & wash, black & blue)
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MMM7341907
Image title
The night watch, c.1943-44 (pen & wash, black & blue)
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Artist
Reed, Gladys E. (fl.c.1940) / British
Location
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
Medium
pen & wash, black & blue
Date
c. 1943 AD - c. 1944 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
35.9x25.3 cms
Image description

Creator: Gladys E. Reed This drawing is one of 14 given by the Wren Gladys E. Reed to the Museum in 1947. Little is known about this artist. She joined the Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS) in 1943. From February to July 1943 she was in the Woolwich class and trained at the coding school HMS Cabbala, a shore base near Warrington for wireless telegraph operators. Between 1943 and 1944, Reed worked as a Wireless Telegraph Operator in the Liverpool and Birkenhead area, and was stationed at the shore base HMS Eaglet, Liverpool, the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches. In her off-watch time, Reed kept a sketch record of the work being done by the WRNS, mostly drawn in 5B pencil on cheap paper. She apologetically wrote to the National Maritime Museum Director, Frank Carr: ‘I am afraid you will be more than a little shocked at the untidy state they are in. They were sketched under all sorts of conditions, have been carried wherever I have been stationed, and passed through many people's hands, so that since 1944 have become very grubby. I console myself with the thought that they may still reflect a little of that busy, happy atmosphere that did exist in the WRNS – especially in the “open air” categories'. The sense of shared experience is evident in these on-the-spot drawings, which show the skill of a trained artist as well as the bond that existed between the WRNS.

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© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
1940s / 20th century / laundry / sketch / drawing / art / Second World War (1939-1945) / war / employment / watch / night / worker / black and white / war effort / mzdrawing

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