Memorial details

Memorial type
Painting / Print
District
Southwark
Town
Southwark
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War - civilians
Ceremony
  • Presented
    Date: 1919
    Attended by: Randolph Schwabe
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82027

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Current location

Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
Southwark
Southwark
Greater London
SE1 6HZ
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 31387 79095
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Group of women land workers gathering flax, which they tie into bundles and stack in a pile. Their camp of bell tents lies in the background next to a group of trees. (Oil on canvas)
Inscription
[none]
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First World War - civilians
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Painting
    Measurements: height 1066mm, width 1524mm
    Materials: Canvas, Paint - Oil
  • Frame
    Measurements: depth 70mm, height 1275mm, width 1730mm
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: This painting was to feature in a Hall of Remembrance devoted to ‘fighting subjects, home subjects and the war at sea and in the air’. The centre of the scheme was to be a coherent series of paintings based on the dimensions of Uccello’s ‘Battle of San Romano’ in the National Gallery (72 x 125 inches), this size being considered suitable for a commemorative battle painting. While the commissions included some of the most avant-garde British artists of the time, the British War Memorials Committee advisors saw the scheme as firmly within the tradition of European art commissioning, looking to models from the Renaissance. It was intended that both the art and the setting would celebrate national ideals of heroism and sacrifice. However, the Hall of Remembrance was never built and the work was given to the Imperial War Museum.
Reference

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