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Pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of ship silhouettes

Item consists of a series of pencil silhouette sketches by D.C. Mackay, likely in the early 1940s. Sketch includes HMCS Saskatoon, USS Kaweah [misidentified as Keweah], and Fort Amherst, as well as four other unidentified ships, in convoy formation.

Pencil and ink silhouettes by Donald Cameron Mackay of seven allied ships

Item consists of seven small pencil and ink silhouette ship drawings by D.C. Mackay on India paper in the early 1940s. Ships depicted include RMS Aquitania, RMS Monarch of Bermuda/Queen of Bermuda, RMS Empress of Britain, RMS Empress of Australia, HMS Malaya, HMS Valiant, and HMS Enterprise. Includes tonnage and dimensions information.

Five charcoal and pencil study sketches by Donald Cameron Mackay

Item consists of five small pencil and charcoal sketches by D.C. Mackay, likely from the early-1940s. The first three sketches show equipment on the deck of an unidentified Canadian naval ship in convoy formation; the middle sketch shows a focus of legs in motion; the sketch on the right-hand side shows a Canadian sailor walking.

Facsimile of a pencil sketch by Donald Cameron Mackay of an officer angered by a sailor

Item consists of a facsimile of a pencil sketch by D.C. Mackay from the early 1940s of an officer dressing down an insubordinate sailor. The perspective appears to be from the corner of George Street and Brunswick Street in Halifax. An accompanying caption reads: "Like he said -- / 'Never salute an officer / with a cig in your mouth"
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