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The Dance of Death (study for series of seven etchings) (1914-18)

Percy John Delf Smith

brush, in black ink, black chalk and graphite

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Dance of Death (study for series of seven etchings) (1914-18)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Graphite, Black ink, Black chalk

Physical Object Description:

One of several studies for a series of etchings, 'The Dance of Death' (1914-18); two soldiers lying on the ground, one wearing a gas mask, the other reaching out to touch the figure of Death, wearing a shroud Brush drawing in black ink, black chalk and graphite. Inscribed: "Death refuses".

Technique:

Drawn, Brush

Dimensions:

28.6 x 45.8 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.27

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1935; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1936

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Death, World War One

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Artist Bio

Percy John Delf Smith
The Dance of Death (study for series of seven etchings) (1914-18)

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