Muirhead Bone Bend Of River Somme First World War Drawings de Luxe Large Print XIV Antique Framed
"XIV The Bend of The River Somme near Corbie" Original Print From Muirhead Bone War Drawings (Part II) Edition de Luxe First World War This print is taken from a folio of 60 pictures published with the Authority of the War Office by Country Life in . Frame Dimensions: 65cm x 48cm About Muirhead Bone: In William Rothenstein, a friend of Bone and a fellow member of the Society of Twelve, proposed that an artist should be sent to the front to record the War, Bone was chosen for the task. He arrived in August, at the height of the Somme Offensive and toured the Southern battle-fields working rapidly in various media - pencil, pen, charcoal and chalk - sending back over 150 finished drawings by October. "He recorded mostly life behind the lines illustrating the settings for war rather than battle scenes – the work of the medical services, encampments, soldiers of duty, soldiers marching, landscapes and ruined towns. The detail and accuracy of Bone's drawings provided an authentic, eyewitness record of the immense logistic efforts of the Somme, one that proved immensely popular and resulted in more artists being commissioned. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit