Description

Summary: painting; oil on canvas; bomb-damaged buildings in West Street; gilt frame, with label 'Poole Has Suffered Too' by P.A. Wise ARCA FRSA, Headmaster of Poole School of Art 1925-1946'

Summary: oil on canvas; 'Poole Has Suffered Too'; signed 'P.A. Wise'; reverse with atrist's name and address; depicting wartime bomb damage to West Street; St James Church in background; dark colour range brown, green, pink, blue; framed in gilt, spoon-moulded frame by 'Cutlers of Bournemouth' June 1979; dims : height 61cm; width 99cm

Content summary: bombed buildings in the old town; rubble in foreground; St James's church in left background