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Description: | Orpen
image: four German prisoners-of-war, one sitting, dejectedly regarding a column of British infantrymen walking from right
to left against a background of ruined buildings. Design is within rectangular inset 298 mm high, 446 mm wide and is taken from the drawing
'German Prisoners by the Roadside' IWM:ART 3009 by Orpen.
text: "WAR PAINTINGS + DRAWINGS EXECUTED ON THE WESTERN FRONT BY MAJOR WILLIAM ORPEN" (in 5 lines above inset, first and last words in
large lettering) & "EXHIBITION UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AT MESSRS. AGNEW'S GALLERIES 43 OLD BOND STREET
PICCADILLY ADMISSION 1/- OPEN 10 TO 6." (7 lines below image)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Home Front & Art Exhibition Agnew's Galleries & (?) 1918 Orpen Ministry of Information Entertainment Agnew's Galleries | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Orpen, William | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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