H.Q. Coy, Cookhouse
Summary
Interior of a building. Men working at and around tables. Man to left, seen from behind, bent over a box. To his right is a man stood at a small table. A group of men are working at a large table to the right. Cloths are hanging above them, hung on roof supports. There are large tubs on the floor. On the back wall to the left is a graffitied drawing of a man with a pipe. A gas mask is hung on a wall to the right. Bawden was made an Official War Artist to the War Office in 1939.
Object Name
H.Q. Coy, Cookhouse
Creators Name
Date Created
1940
Dimensions
support: 40.5cm x 52.5cm
accession number
1947.440
Collection Group
Support
paper
Medium
watercolour
ink
pencil
Credit
Gift of H.M. Government War Artists' Advisory Committee.
Legal
© transferred to MCGs from the War Artists Advisory Committee, Ministry of Information (1947)
