Peaceful Anchorage

Peaceful Anchorage by Robert Taylor
Overall Print Size: 33 3/4" x 23 1/2"
Edition size of 500
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The formidable German East Asiatic Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Maximiliann Graf von Spee, took part in the first major sea battle of the First World War.

Robert Taylor’s superb painting depicts ships of the German Navy's East Asiatic Squadron, under the command of Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee. Light cruisers Nurnberg and Dresden, cruiser Gneisenau and von Spee’s flagship Scharnhorst sit at anchor in a Pacific Island bay prior to the outbreak of WWI.