Graphite, crayon, gouache, watercolour and wax on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/albert-richards-1835" aria-label="More by Albert Richards" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Albert Richards</a>
Landing H Hour minus 6 In Distance Glow Lancasters Bombing Battery to be Attacked
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
adults
aircraft, military
architecture
bomb damage
countries and continents
D-Day, 6 June 1944
destruction
emotions, concepts and ideas
France, Normandy
history
man
military
military: World War II
night
objects
parachute
people
places
ruins
society
soldier
times of the day
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: air
universal concepts
weapon, firing / explosion
weapons
work and occupations
paper unique graphite crayon gouache watercolour wax
19 May 2014 – 10 August 2014
2014-08-10
19 May 2014 – 10 August 2014
2014-08-10
2014-05-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-05-19
Kenneth Clark
Exhibition
The Landing: H Hour minus 6. In the Distance Glow of the Lancasters Bombing Battery to be Attacked
support: 540 × 737 mm
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
<p><b>N05726</b> THE LANDING: H HOUR MINUS 6. IN THE DISTANCE GLOW OF THE LANCASTERS BOMBING BATTERY TO BE ATTACKED 1944</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Albert Richards - H— 6’ b.r.c. and ‘16·6·44’ b.r.
<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 (824).</p>
<p>The date, 16 June 1944, inscribed on the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> suggests that the <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 worked up from memory, since D-Day, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies, took place on 6 June 1944 when the artist was engaged in fighting. The drawing shows the preliminary softening up of enemy positions by aerial bombardment six hours before the landing of sea-borne troop sand the beginning of the full attack.</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 aircraft, military architecture bomb damage countries and continents D-Day, 6 June 1944 destruction emotions, concepts and ideas France, Normandy history man military military: World War II night objects parachute people places ruins society soldier times of the day townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: air universal concepts weapon, firing / explosion weapons work and occupations