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"Maintaining Forces Oversea" Transport loading at night The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
Printmaker:
Pears, Charles
Publisher:
Ministry of Information
Draughtsman:
Pears, Charles
(After)
A night-time scene at the dock side which is lit dramatically by a series of searchlights aiming upwards into the skies around the hull of a large ship. Men are working to load boxes onto trolleys from a large stack on the right.
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
Monochrome, printed in black ink. Signed at lower right, the name in closed lettering: 'CHAS. PEARS.'. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left.
Accession number: P.14934-R(65)
Primary reference Number: 239888
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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