Soviet Fishing Task Force (Signed) (Original)

Artist: John S Smith
Medium: Pen & Ink Wash on Board
Size: 22" x 13" (570mm x 320mm)
Date: 1982
Signature: Signed by artist bottom right of top illustration
Code: SmithJSFishingX3LL

This is the Signed unique original Pen & Ink Wash by John S Smith.

Factories in Search of Fish. Russian trawlers swarm around a factory ship. Also a Russian fishing vessel that will return to the mothership when fully loaded and a British fishery protection vessel.

This is the original artwork from Look and Learn no. 1047 (3 April 1982).

• Artist Biography
  John Stephen Smith (1921 - 2010; UK)
  John started drawing from an early age and he went to art school just prior to World War II when he was called up and joined the Royal Navy. He served on the Cruiser HMS Niagara on the Malta and Russian convoys. After the war he continued his art studies and career.
  
  His work has been commissioned by most shipping companies and railway companies and his art has been used by many leading publishers in the UK and USA.