Paintings, Prints & Drawings — C.1941
Night Raid over London Docklands
This is a dramatic view of a night time raid on the city, during the Second World War. From Rotherhithe on the south bank, the scene looks towards Wapping and depicts parachute flares, deployed by German bombers, illuminating the sky. They fall towards the Wapping entrance of the London Docks, seen in the background on the far left, as searchlights criss-cross the night sky.
Wimbledon-born Wilfred Haines (1905-44) was a fireman during the Second World War and was known as a 'fireman artist'. He was killed during the war by a flying bomb.
The companion work also in the collection depicts an air raid with anti aircraft shells exploding over Docklands oil tanks.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- 81.105/2
- Object name:
- Night Raid over London Docklands
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- Artist/Maker:
- Haines, Wilfred Stanley
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- Production date:
- c.1941
- Material:
- oil, canvas
- Measurements/duration:
- H 633 mm, W 758 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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