Edwin Dikinson
Gibraltar and Stromboli
(1107)
1959–64
Pencil on paper
5 x 7 5/8 in. (12.7 x 19.4 cm)
Obverse (Gibraltar): inscribed, signed, inscribed, numbered at bottom:
"Gibraltar E W Dickinson / E. Side Rule: always have the PM sun on the Rock
/ & Eastward in the PM 179"
Inscribed near center "cistern"
reverse (Stromboli): signed at bottom: "E W Dickinson"
Inscribed, numbered top right: "Stromboli 179 / 5:30 AM 24" July / at 1 mile
/ 3000 ft H / no good / 179"
Inscribed on right: "steady smoke, one burst / of flame, lava, in sea & steam"
"Gibraltar E W Dickinson / E. Side Rule: always have the PM sun on the Rock
/ & Eastward in the PM 179"
Inscribed near center "cistern"
reverse (Stromboli): signed at bottom: "E W Dickinson"
Inscribed, numbered top right: "Stromboli 179 / 5:30 AM 24" July / at 1 mile
/ 3000 ft H / no good / 179"
Inscribed on right: "steady smoke, one burst / of flame, lava, in sea & steam"
Photo: Anonymous (Copies of old images)
Notes
Drawn on board ship off the Rock of Gibraltar (1959) and off the volcanic island of Stromboli, (1964) north of Sicily. "Stromboli" inscribed "no good" and scratched over by ED.Provenance
Estate
Frances Dickinson