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Desert Patrol
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
actions: postures and motions
adults
Arab Legion
countries and continents
desert
ethnicity
group
groups
history
Jordan
landscape
lying down
man
Middle Eastern
military
military: World War II
people
places
sitting
soldier
work and occupations
paper unique ink watercolour
Desert Patrol
support: 324 × 498 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05696</b> DESERT PATROL 1942
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Anthony Gross 1942’ b.r.
<br/>Watercolour, 12 3/4×19 5/8 (32×50).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, South Africa, 1943, National Gallery, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (413).</p>
<p>The artist was sent to the Middle East as Official <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/war-artists" title="Glossary definition for 'War Artists'"><span>War Artist</span></a> in December 1941 and made a number of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> of Arab regiments. This represents the Arab Legion near Amman.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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actions: postures and motions adults Arab Legion countries and continents desert ethnicity group groups history Jordan landscape lying down man Middle Eastern military military: World War II people places sitting soldier work and occupations