Entrance to hard 2 Salvation Army, Sailor's Home, Southern England June 1944 Portland Harbour

Original watercolor painting, signed and dated by Stevenson, of a street with soldiers,and buildings, cars and military vehicles in Portland Harbour, Salvation Army and Sailor's Home signs on the buildings, 3 blimps flying overhead. Original watercolor painting, signed and dated by Stevenson, of a street with soldiers,and buildings, cars and military vehicles in Portland Harbour, Salvation Army and Sailor's Home signs on the buildings, 3 blimps flying overhead. Stevenson enlisted in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in July 1941. He was one of the original soldier-artists at Fort Belvoir, VA. before accepting a position as a war artist in May 1943. In 1944 he was in southern England covering the preparations for the Normandy invasion and later depicted war damage in France and Germany. Gift of the artist, 1994.