H. Dalton Hall

Harold Dalton Hall (29 October 1881 – 1 August 1946) was a South Australian amateur artist noted for marine subjects.

A lasting example of his work is the model cast in bronze of HMS Buffalo atop the Centenary memorial, Moseley Square, Glenelg, in South Australia.

This was prior to practical wireless telegraphy, semaphore and Morse code using signal lamps being then the principal means of ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore communication.

Boxall, Albert Collins, May Grigg, Ruby Henty, L. H. Howie, Marie Tuck and Maud Wynes,[10] but was largely self-taught.

Examples of his work were in the collections of the Prince of Wales, Lord Jellicoe, Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey; others were on sale to the public through an art dealer.

[15] He constructed a large detailed model of HMS Victory which employed almost a mile of twine for the cordage, 200 blocks and 500 eye splices; it was a feature of the naval procession held in Adelaide on 25 October 1918.

[5] In 1936, as part of the Centenary of South Australia celebrations, Hall conducted a Buffalo model boat building competition open to adults and children.

[24] They had one son, Vernon Dalton Hall (12 September 1916 – 31 August 1955), and lived at Second Avenue, Helmsdale (now Glenelg East) until his transfer to Sydney, then had a house at 33 Bryant Street, Rockdale, New South Wales.