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Description: | image: a full length portrait of a British infantryman in full kit, sitting down with his elbows resting on his thighs as
if exhausted. He holds his rifle against his shoulder with both hands. This is a squared up preparatory drawing for one of the soldiers
sitting on the right of the composition of the finished painting 'Heavy Artillery'.
Ministry of Information Commission, Scheme 2. Commission administration transferred to Imperial War
Museum.
Optimised | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Weapons Western Front 1914-1918 British Army 1914-1918 Military Personnel British Army portrait / personification Uniforms Western Front First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Gill, Colin U | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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