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Description: | Bone (signed)
image: a British dugout sturdily constructed in the nave of roofless, ruined church at Foucaucourt on the Somme. A British infantryman ascends the stairs of the dugout, while another waits for him to emerge.
Muirhead Bone’s early training as an architect’s apprentice is evident in this drawing of a war-ravaged church and dugout. His rigorous observational approach made him an obvious choice for the propaganda office at Wellington House. They selected him to sketch war damage and the Somme offensive in France in 1916, making him the first official war artist. This is one from the substantial collection of drawings he produced, used for both propaganda and historical records.
Wellington House and Ministry of Information Commission | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Bomb Damage war debris Western Front 1914-1918 British Army 1914-1918 Military Personnel British Army Architecture Western Front trench / defences First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bone, Muirhead | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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