Crashed Aeroplane

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Object description

Image: a view over fields with a crashed aircraft in the background. In the foreground two labourers gather the crop into bundles. The woman ties the sheaf, while the man works with a long handled scythe. They are both bent over their work, unheeding the scene behind.

Physical description

Framed watercolour painting.

Label

This work was among ten that Sargent presented to the Imperial War Museum in 1919. In a letter to Alfred Yockney on 27 December 1918, he stated: 'I think my watercolours gain from being seen together in a certain quantity, and I would be glad to add to the four you have selected by giving some more. But I would like to have your assurance that they would all be hung and hung together.'

Inscription

John S. Sargent 1918

Object details

Category

art

Creator

Sargent, John Singer

Production date

1918

Materials

Frame: wood

Support: paper

Glazing: perspex

Mount: board

medium: Watercolour

Dimensions

Frame: Depth 41 mm, Height 651 mm, Width 856 mm

Support: Height 342 mm, Width 533 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART 1610

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