Portsmouth Docks
- Artist:
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Production Date: 1918
- Description: This is one of a series of paintings by Fergusson portraying life in the naval dockyard at Portsmouth. The painting shows a dramatic viewpoint with strong verticals and a large destroyer's bow. Energy not war creates the focal point. It was clearly influenced by the Vorticist movement. It has been claimed in the past that Fergusson was an official war artist, but apparently this was not the case. He was merely given permission by the Admiralty to visit the docks 'to gather impressions for painting a picture'.
- Dimensions: Canvas: 76cm (H) x 68.5cm (W). Frame: 108 cm (H) x 90 cm (W).
- Acquisition Note: The J D Fergusson Memorial Collection was presented to the University of Stirling by Margaret Morris, the artist's lifelong partner, and the J D Fergusson Art Foundation.
- Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Pathfoot Gallery 2
- Related Material: AC/AF/F/4
- Related Material: AC/OF/1968/11
- Accession Number: 1968.11
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
