painting, BUSH STATION
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19710261-1886
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Cowley-Brown, Flight Lieutenant Patrick George
- Date Made 1944/08/18
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Art
- Department Art and Memorials
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1944/08/18
- Latest 1944/08/18
- Inscription RECTO, LOWER RIGHT: COWLEY - BROWN 44;VERSO IN BLACK INK: BUSH STATION; RCAF STATION UCULULET B.C. CONTE DRAWING AUG. 18, 1944;THIS STATION IS SITUATED IN VERY ROUGH COUNTRY;IN THE FOREGROUND IS A SLUMP PILE WHICH IS ONE OF A NUMBER THROUGHOUT THE STATION AREA;WHEN THE LAND WAS BEING CLEARED FOR THE BUILDING OF THE STATION THE LOGS AND SLUMPS WERE GATHERED UP AND DEPOSITED IN LARGE PILES EACH AS THIS AT VARIOUS POINTS;BELOW IT AND TO THE RIGHT IS THE SECTION WHERE THE HANGARS AND TARMAC IS LOCATED;BEYOND THIS IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE IS A CANSO WHICH HAS JUST LANDED;THE HILLS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE INLET RISE TO A FAIR HEIGHT AND BEYOND THERE ARE SOME HIGH PEAKS;THERE IS USUALLY A HEAVY MIST SURROUNDING THEM WHICH OFTEN COMES DOWN TO THE WORKERS EDGE;IN RED INK: 55 (ENCIRCLED)
- Medium Conté crayon
- Support papermat
- Materials Not applicable
- Service Component Royal Canadian Air Force
- Measurements Height 28.0 cm, Width 38.0 cm