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Wrecked Omnibus and Figures in Underground Shelter

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photo: British Museum
Wrecked Omnibus and Figures in Underground Shelter
photo: British Museum
photo: British Museum

Wrecked Omnibus and Figures in Underground Shelter

Sketchbook
  • Page 20 from First Shelter Sketchbook
Date1940-41
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1578
Date Order NumberAG 40-41.20
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 181 x 160 mm
OwnershipThe British Museum, London, bequeathed by Lady Clark
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First Shelter Sketchbook p.20. It is likely that this and a number of other wartime sketches were based on press photographs, see for example HMF 1685.

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