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1 online resource |
| Series |
The first World War : visual perspectives and narratives |
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First World War (Marlborough, England)
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| Summary |
Electronic reproduction of art works drawn from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Works in the collection were produced by official British war artists under commission from the Ministry of Information and the Imperial War Museum. Well-known figures such as John Lavery and Muirhead Bone feature among the artists, in addition to some of the most avant-garde artists of the time, like Paul Nash, and women artists including Beatrice Lithiby and Anna Airy. Subjects include aerial combat, battlefields and campaigns in Europe and the Middle East, soldiers, prisoners, the medical services, women at work, war at sea, dazzle camouflage, ruined towns of northern Europe, and the work of the Y.M.C.A., the Red Cross, Green Cross and St. John Ambulance. The collection includes portraits of: Sir David Beatty, Sidney Browne, Edith Cavell, Rachel Crowdy, Ferdinand Foch, Douglas Haig, Sir John Jellicoe, Maud McCarthy |
| Notes |
Title supplied by cataloguer (resource viewed on June 18, 2014) |
| Subject |
Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Art and the war.
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Painting, British -- 20th century.
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Portrait painting, British -- 20th century.
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Soldiers in art.
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Nurses in art.
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Armed Forces in art.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.
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War artists -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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Great Britain -- In art.
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United Kingdom -- Armed Forces -- Pictorial works.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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Art.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Lavery, John, 1856-1941.
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Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953.
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Nash, Paul, 1889-1946.
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Lithiby, Beatrice
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Airy, Anna, 1882-
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Imperial War Museum (Great Britain)
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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