File:Charles Comfort-Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona (CWM 19710261-2152).jpg

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Charles Comfort: Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona  wikidata:Q124038321 reasonator:Q124038321
Artist
Charles Comfort  (1900–1994)  wikidata:Q2958767
 
Charles Comfort
Alternative names
pseudonym: Comfort, Charles Fraser; Charles Fraser Comfort
Description Canadian writer and painter
Date of birth/death 22 July 1900 Edit this at Wikidata 5 July 1994 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Edinburgh Edit this at Wikidata Ottawa Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q2958767
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Title
Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Canadian Armour Passing Through Ortona, by Charles Comfort Crown copyright expired.
Date November 1944 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 102 cm (40.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 121.9 cm (47.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+102.0U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+121.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1032442
Current location
Canadian War Museum
Accession number
19710261-2152 (Canadian War Museum) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation London Edit this at Wikidata
Inscriptions
  • verso:
    Artist MAJOR C. F. COMFORT; Title: CANADIAN ARMOUR PASSING THROUGH ORTONA; Property of; Return Address THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF; CANADA, OTTAWA, ONTARIO; Insurance Value $; Ser No 1668 Neg No WA 587 Edit this at Wikidata
  • verso:
    TITLE FOR PUBLICATION; "CANADIAN ARMOUR PASSING THROUGH ORTONA (underlined); Shermans of a Canadian Armoured Regiment passing through; the PIAZZA PLEBISCITO in ORTONA on their way into action; on the coastal sector. An oil painting by; Maj. C.F. Comfort - November, 1944.; typed on white paper: Ser No 1668 Neg No 578A
  • verso:
    CANADIAN ARMOUR PASSING THROUGH ORTONA (underlined); The sketches from which this canvas was painted were made under uncomfortable conditions in ORTONA on; 23 Jan 44. It shows Shermans of the "Calgaries"; 14 C.A.R. passing through the PIAZZA PLEBISCITO in; ORTONA on their way into action on the coastal sector; The demolished houses in this painting illustrate the; German tactics of methodically blowing buildings into; the streets. The barriers thus formed provided covered; approaches to exposed positions. These rubble piles were; at the same time liberally sewn with mines and bobby traps; hindering clearance and embarrassing the passage of even; armoured vehicles; Painted in London, November 1944 - Artist: Maj. C.F. Comfort
  • verso:
    THE ART GALLERY OF HAMILTON; BOX; Comfort; Box 7.
References https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1014460/ Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/artifact/1014460/ Edit this at Wikidata
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(Reusing this file)		 Work by a commissioned official war artist placing this work under crown copyright.

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