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Title page from The Western Front
Bone, Sir W. Muirhead, 1916, Publisher's print
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Title page from The Western Front. Drawings by Muirhead Bone
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Bone, Sir W. Muirhead
Date
1916
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30.4 x 22.6 cm
Type
Publisher's print
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Art and Design Library
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Crown Copyright
Sir W. Muirhead Bone was appointed by Charles Masterman, head of the British War Propaganda Bureau, as Britain's first official war artist. Sent to the Front in August 1916 at the height of the Somme offensive, he worked rapidly in various media - pencil, pen, charcoal and chalk - sending back over 150 finished drawings by October. Country Life, a British weekly magazine, published several catalogues of his drawings of the Front.
Muirhead Bone was also a driving force behind the foundation of the Imperial War Museum. Find out more about the history and collections of the museum from the
Imperial War Museum
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