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Withdrawing Battery after Batterys Guns Had Been Destroyed
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
countries and continents
crater
D-Day, 6 June 1944
France, Normandy
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man
military
military: World War II
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sailor
soldier
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paper unique graphite crayon gouache wax
Withdrawing from the Battery after the Battery’s Guns Had Been Destroyed.
support: 540 × 737 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05727</b> WITHDRAWING FROM THE BATTERY AFTER THE BATTERY'S GUNS HAD BEEN DESTROYED. THE M.O. SETS UP HIS R.A.P. IN A BOMB CRATER 1944</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Albert Richards H— 2’ b.l.
<br/>Watercolour, 21 1/4×29 (53·5×73·5).
<br/>Presented by the War Artists' Advisory Committee 1946.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>National War Pictures</i>, National Gallery, 1945, and R.A., October–November 1945 (823).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
Robin Ironside, <i>Painting since 1939</i>, 1947, facing p.32.</p>
<p>Like <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/richards-the-landing-h-hour-minus-6-in-the-distance-glow-of-the-lancasters-bombing-battery-n05726" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05726</span></a> this <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>watercolour</span></a> was almost certainly done from memory; it depicts a situation four hours after the launching of the spearhead attack by advance guard paratroopers on D-Day. Prisoners have been captured and the wounded are being treated at a forward Regimental Aid Post.</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, II
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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adults countries and continents crater D-Day, 6 June 1944 France, Normandy history landscape man military military: World War II objects people places sailor soldier weapon, firing / explosion weapons work and occupations