- It is appropriate that the central collection of the MOD should contain works of art depicting both twentieth century world wars. Among the best of the early output are those by Muirhead Bone showing naval activity in the Firth of Forth during 1917 and 1918. Activity during the 1939-45 war is also widely represented, and again the concentration is on naval activity rather than on land campaigns.
- The Collection also includes some wonderful watercolours by Thomas Hennell of the damaged landscape of northern France, as well as some unusual images of Blitz damage in central London. The works of the War artists were presented to the Admiralty and to the War Office in 1946 by the War Artists Advisory Committee.
- The works of art shown here are all on display in various conference rooms and senior offices around Whitehall.
- Dangerous Work at Low Tide.
- Eric Ravilious
- Dawn at Scapa Flow, December 1918.
- Muirhead Bone
- The Grand Fleet, 1916.
- Muirhead Bone
- Loading an English Carrier, and the French Cruiser "Gloire" at Algiers, 1940.
- Roland Vivian Pitchforth
- Rue d'Allent, St Omer; Celebrations and Sewer mending.
- Thomas Hennell
- La Phare de Calais: Eglise du Courgrain-Maritime.
- Thomas Hennell
- Merchant Ships at Anchor in Grand Harbour, Malta, 1943.
- Bernard Hailstone
- Capture of the Maria Di Giovanna, January 1941.
- Rowland Langmaid
- HMS "Illustrious": The Attack on Taranto.
- Rowland Langmaid
- Bomb Damage, HM Custom House, 1942.
- Alistair Stewart
- View of North Bastion, Tower of London, 1941.
- William Hampton
- The German High Sea Fleet, Caged in Scapa Flow, 1919.
- W L Wyllie
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