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Head and shoulders of soldiers in a trench; The Dance of Death (study for series of seven etchings) (1914-18)

Percy John Delf Smith

black chalk and graphite

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Head and shoulders of soldiers in a trench; 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 chalk

Physical Object Description:

One of several studies for a series of etchings, 'The Dance of Death' (1914-18); head and shoulders of soldiers in a trench, seen from behind, the figure of Death sitting cross-legged on the ground before them, its elbows resting on the knees, the head supported in the hands Black chalk and graphite. Inscribed with notes on the drawing.

Technique:

Drawn

Dimensions:

24.9 x 34.8 cm

Accession Number:

1936,0613.32

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
Head and shoulders of soldiers in a trench; The Dance of Death (study for series of seven etchings) (1914-18)

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