Firing a 9.2 Gun

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Description

Object description

image: a gun position set on a hillside. A group of figures stand on the right, behind the camouflaged structure that houses the gun. There are enormous yellow flames billowing into the air from the nose of the gun. Delicate white flowers lie in the grass in the foreground, and across the rolling fields there is a view to the coast in the distance.

Physical description

Framed and glazed watercolour painting.

History note

War Artists Advisory Committee commission

Object Details

Category

Art

Creator

Ravilious, Eric William (Artist)

Production date

1941

Materials

Frame: wood

Support: paper

Glazing: perspex

Mount: Conservation mount board

medium: Watercolour

medium: graphite

Dimensions

Frame: Depth 43 mm., Height 589 mm., Width 703 mm.

Support: Height 421 mm., Width 535 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART LD 1585

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

British Army, Royal Artillery
Associated events

Home Front, UK, Second World War
Associated places

Great Britain GB
Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Associated keywords

Artillery
Action
Military Personnel
Landscape
trench / defences
Associated themes

British Army 1939-1945
Coastal Forces 1939-1945

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Firing a 9.2 Gun

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