Bronze Age Gold from Wales
Battle of the Somme
BONE, Muirhead (Bone was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He settled in London in 1901. He was an official war artist in 1916-1918, and the official Admiralty artist in 1939-1946. As one of Britain’s leading draughtsmen, he was renowned for the almost photographic detail he achieved in his drawings. As well as recording the First World War on the Front, Bone spent time on the Clyde in Scotland, documenting shipbuilding. Bone was knighted in 1937.)
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 26185
Creation/Production
BONE, Muirhead
Date: 1916, August 18
Acquisition
Gift, 11/4/1917
Given by the War Office
Measurements
(): h(cm) image size:25.2
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(): w(cm) image size:35.8
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Height (cm): 38
Width (cm): 50.8
Techniques
lithograph
Planographic printing
prints
Fine Art - works on paper
Material
ink
Paper
Location
In store
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