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Description: | William Roberts. 1918.
image: a scene filled with stylised figures moving and stacking artillery shells in a shell dump. The gunners form a human
chain and stand on duck-boarded tracks.
The sketches for 'A Shell Dump, France' (IWM ART were made retrospectively in December 1918 at Bramley Dump near
Reading.
'A Shell Dump, France' (IWM ART 2273) was a major commission for the proposed Hall of Memory. This study, made at
Bramley Dump near Reading, shows artillery soldiers stacking ammunition. The final painting gives character and detail to the
scene.
Ministry of Information commission (Scheme 2). Commission administration transferred to Imperial War
Museum
Optimised | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15) Western Front 1914-1918 British Army 1914-1918 Military Personnel British Army munitions / manufacture Western Front Artillery First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Roberts, William (RA) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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