Docked warships and dirigibles: English coast, Aug. 1944

Original ink and watercolor sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson; coastal scene with warships docked on shore, 8 dirigibles in air above. Original ink and watercolor sketch, signed and dated by Stevenson; coastal scene with warships docked on shore, 8 dirigibles in air above. 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.