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"Convalescence in England": P.14932-R(54)

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

"Convalescence in England"
The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Shepperson, Claude Allin
Publisher: Ministry of Information
Draughtsman: Shepperson, Claude Allin (After)

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Description

A scene on a sloping lawn before a large house with a dutch gable. Two soldiers, one with a crutch, sit on the bank in the left foreground, a nurse helps another down some steps at centre middleground and a lone figure on crutches walks beneath an overarching willow tree in the distance on the right.

Notes

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.'

Legal notes

Given by the Ministry of Information, 1919

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1919) by Ministry of Information

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1917

Note

Monochrome, printed in black ink. Signed at lower right: 'Shepperson'. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14932-R(54)
Primary reference Number: 239875
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 9 January 2020 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) ""Convalescence in England"" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/239875 Accessed: 2024-03-29 12:18:34

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