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The Reconstruction of Belgium The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
Printmaker:
Clausen, George
Publisher:
Ministry of Information
Draughtsman:
Clausen, George
(After)
Three men on a platform look at plans of how to re-build a monument. A crowd of people in a square below to the left wave Belgian flags.
History note: From the printed Annual Report, 1919: 'A collection of sixty-six large lithographic prints by Muirhead Bone, Eric Kennington, George Clausen, R.A., Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A., C.R.W. Nevinson, William Rothenstein, Charles Pears, Claude Shepperson, A.S. Hartrick, and other artists, illustrating The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals, have been received from the Ministry of Information, under whose auspices these splendid lithographs were made.'
Given by the Ministry of Information, 1919
Method of acquisition: Given (1919) by Ministry of Information
20th Century
Production date:
AD 1917
Printed in four colours: brown, yellow, blue, orange (with a blue stone printed over yellow to make green for the leaves of the trees seen in the background). Signed and dated on the stone at lower left: 'G.CLAUSEN 1917'. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left corner.
Accession number: P.14925-R(2)
Primary reference Number: 239816
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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