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"Ready for Sea" The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
Printmaker:
Bone, David Muirhead
Publisher:
Ministry of Information
Draughtsman:
Bone, David Muirhead
(After)
A warship, construction complete, is seen on the water at the dockside I the right foreground, the foot of a large crane on the left and with a distant view of sailors embarking from left to right across a footbridge at the centre.
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 print, in black ink only. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left.
Accession number: P.14929-R(36)
Primary reference Number: 239854
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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