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Woman Seated Against Bomb-Scarred Wall

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photo: British Museum
Woman Seated Against Bomb-Scarred Wall
photo: British Museum
photo: British Museum

Woman Seated Against Bomb-Scarred Wall

Sketchbook
  • Page 49 from First Shelter Sketchbook
Date1940-41
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1607
Date Order NumberAG 40-41.49
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 181 x 160 mm
Inscription

pencil u.c. Seated figure against broken down wall

OwnershipThe British Museum, London, bequeathed by Lady Clark
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First Shelter Sketchbook p.49. The dejected woman with her jaunty 1930s hat in this drawing epitomises the desolation of war.

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