Ruined Warsaw

description

Object description

image: a view of some civilians making their way through mountains of rubble and debris with the shells of the bombed buildings of Warsaw standing in the background.

History note

War Artists Advisory Committee purchase

Inscription

Julius B.Stafford-Baker 45

Object details

Category: Art
Related period: Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator: Stafford-Baker, Julius
Production date: 1945
Materials: medium: Watercolour
Dimensions: Support: Height 457 mm, Width 635 mm
Catalogue number: Art.IWM ART LD 5654

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