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"Threshing" The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
Printmaker:
Rothenstein, William
Publisher:
Ministry of Information
Draughtsman:
Rothenstein, William
(After)
A large haystack forms the backdrop to this scene in which men move hay from a cart into a threshing machine in the left foreground. Two horses waiting at the far 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 print, in red-brown ink only. Signed and dated at lower right: 'W.R. 1917'. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left. The paper is watermarked: 'HOLBEIN'.
Accession number: P.14931-R(48)
Primary reference Number: 239868
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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