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A scene from World War II depicting an Allied Forces anti aircraft battery or 'ack ack' alongside a road in Malta with the towns of Zeebug (aka Zebbug) in the middle distance and Valetta on the other side of the river in the far distance. The scene shows the battery firing on Axis (German and Italian) aircraft with seven soldiers in the foreground operating a rangefinder (on the left) and other tracking equipment, to direct the fire of the two guns in front of them. Sand bags and camouflage netting surround the battery and the two guns. Smoke rises from the town in the distance which has been bombed. Cole was commissioned to go to Malta by the War Artists Advisory Committee and spent eight months there in 1943 recording the devastation caused by the siege of the island.
Title
10 Heavy Ack Ack, Zeebug, Malta
Date
1942–1944
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 71.5 x W 91.8 cm
Accession number
1947.396
Acquisition method
gift from HM Government, War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
artist's inscription : : bl, on top of wall : artist's name : COLE
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England
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