A Retrospective Exhibition of Naval Drawings and Water Colours from World War II - 1939-1945 by McWilliams, Herbert Hastings

(Port Elizabeth: King George VI Art Gallery, 1974). 250 x 182 mm; original wrappers, lettered in gilt on upper cover; unpaginated (but pp. 52); some full-page illustrations; notes to 84 exhibition pictures. Wrappers rubbed; occasional fox spot. Good condition. "During the war years art materials were scarce, so Herbert McWilliams used whatever was available: iodine, ordinary blue writing ink, chalk, carbon pencils, scraps of paper, a simple fountain pen and even lemon juice and rum. His drawing has the facility of the trained architect, good perspective and accuracy, but he combined this with vitality, life and a sense of urgency; it was necessary for him to record before the memory faded before his eyes." .

Port Elizabeth, South Africa: King George VI Art Gallery, 1974. Soft cover. Very Good. 180 x 250mm. Illus. catalogue. Wraps a little shelfrubbed and lightly rubbed along edges. Binding tight. No markings.