Keywords: outdoor Lot-9212-25: WWI-Royal Navy. Post-card reads, “Britain At War: The Grand Fleet.” Text also on the postcard: Approaching A Battleship At Night by Muirhead Bone. A battleship revealed by the beam of its own searchlight. A big gun emerges in silhouette, as well as a sentry on duty. One feels considerable awe when threading one’s way in a small picket boat between the ships of the Fleet at night. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/11/04). Lot-9212-25: WWI-Royal Navy. Post-card reads, “Britain At War: The Grand Fleet.” Text also on the postcard: Approaching A Battleship At Night by Muirhead Bone. A battleship revealed by the beam of its own searchlight. A big gun emerges in silhouette, as well as a sentry on duty. One feels considerable awe when threading one’s way in a small picket boat between the ships of the Fleet at night. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. (2016/11/04). |