Guards mustering for a Royal Review behind the Somme
Lithographic print of original drawing in watercolour and ink, ‘Guards mustering for a Royal Review behind the Somme’ by artist Sir David Muirhead Bone. Published in a series in 1917, it was originally executed in 1916. The print depicts a Royal visit to the front, of which many visits were made by King George V, and on occasion Queen Mary, throughout the war.
Muirhead Bone travelled to France on the 16th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He was the first official British war artist of the First World War producing 150 drawings in six weeks. It is from this series of works which this watercolour and ink drawing is most likely to have originated from.
Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was a Scottish watercolourist and etcher. He was known for his depictions of wartime industrial and architectural settings. He was on the advisory committees for the British War Memorials during the First World War and the War Artists Advisory panel during the Second World War.
Muirhead Bone travelled to France on the 16th August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He was the first official British war artist of the First World War producing 150 drawings in six weeks. It is from this series of works which this watercolour and ink drawing is most likely to have originated from.
Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was a Scottish watercolourist and etcher. He was known for his depictions of wartime industrial and architectural settings. He was on the advisory committees for the British War Memorials during the First World War and the War Artists Advisory panel during the Second World War.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 50/1918/4/32
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Prints
- Medium
- lithograph on paper
- Common Name
- Guards mustering for a Royal Review behind the Somme
- Simple Name
- Inscription Transcription
- M 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
- 1917
- Production Year High
- 1917
