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Royal Navy Gallery

Those Were The Days

Those were the daysThe Royal Navy in the 1940s and 1950s
A tribute to the World War Two Royal Navy by Richard Kennedy.

The artist comes from a Royal Navy background and so an interest in the Navy was rather inevitable.
In World War Two the story of the notorious Arctic Convoys to North Russia have come as a special interest.
Indeed, any reference to The Loch Ewe Gallery refers to the importance of Loch Ewe in the Western Highlands as a convoy assembly and dispersal anchorage for both the 'Kola Runs' and the Atlantic convoys. Some of Richard Kennedy's Arctic Convoy drawings are to be found used as panels by the Loch Ewe Gallery in the Western Highlands of Scotland.

The Technique
Richard Kennedy started developing this very exacting and detailed pencil and scalpel blade technique in the early 1990s to illustrate these superb Royal Navy warship pictures.
However exhaustive - and working by naked eye only, of course, using a variety of pencil types and by scraping the tip of scalpel blade - he has been able to achieve a maximum tonal range (depth) and detail in these drawings. One of his larger originals, for example, would take four or five months to complete and even his smallest ones take six weeks. As a result, he generally does not sell his original drawings.

Available as Prints
These highly detailed drawings are available as acid-free, conservation quality prints signed by the artist in pencil.
All prints are exactly the same size as the original pictures.

Buy the set
Purchase the full set of 12 Royal Navy prints and get a 10% discount.  Click here

HMS Ashanti
HMS Ashanti
Cold, cold, dark sea
Price: £195.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 11.5 x 29 cm
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HMS Jutland and HMS Agincourt
HMS Jutland and HMS Agincourt
Indian Summer
Price: £155.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 17.3 x 40.9 cm
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HMS Belfast - Morning Glory
HMS Belfast
Morning Glory
Price: £140.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 17.5 x 29 cm
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HMS Belfast - Line Abreast
HMS Belfast
Line Abreast
Price: £120 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 10.3 x 45.4 cm
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HMS Belfast - Relative Sanctuary
HMS Belfast
Relative sanctuary ... Loch Ewe, February 1943
Price: £175.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 19 x 44 cm
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HMS Vigo
HMS Vigo
Lightning Force
Price: £90 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 7 x 15.5 cm
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HMS Duke of York
HMS Duke of York
Taking it Green
Price: £95 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 11 x 15 cm
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HMS Edinburgh
HMS Edinburgh
Engage the Enemy
Price: £105.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 8.2 x 27.2 cm
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HMS Corunna and HMS Barrosa
HMS Corunna and Barrosa
At rest, early morning...
Price: £130.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 11.5 x 29 cm
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HMS Cossack
HMS Cossack
Storm Force
Price: £90.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 7 x 15.5 cm
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HMS Belfast - JW53 from Loch Ewe
HMS Belfast
JW53 from Loch Ewe
Price: £175.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 18.5 x 44.6 cm
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HMS Anson
HMS Anson
Arctic Distant Cover
Price: £110.00 (includes insured worldwide shipment)
Print Size: 11.5 x 29 cm
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