The Untilled Fields
The British War Propaganda Bureau appointed Bone as Britain's first official war artist in May 1916. He arrived at the front in August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and by the following October had produced more than 150 drawings. Though his compositions lack horrific detail, they are nevertheless an authentic record of the logistics of war.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 34/1919/1B
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Prints
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Common Name
- The Untilled Fields
- Simple Name
- Inscription Transcription
- BONE; Muirhead Bone; MB
- Period Classification
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Production Town
- ; London; London
- Production Country
- ; United Kingdom: England; United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Sir David Muirhead; ; George
- Production Person Surname
- Bone; Country Life Ltd; Newnes Ltd
- Production Year Low
- 1918
- Production Year High
- 1918
