Battery Pulling In (II)
Summary
From March 1916 Wyndham Lewis served as gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War serving at Messines Ridge and Pashendaele until he was commissioned as an official war artist from December 1917. He then started a series of drawings as a visual memoir of his time on the Western Front. This drawing details the immense organisation of the British artillery units. Lewis' belief in the de-personalising impact of army life is reflected in the mechanical appearance and character of the artillerymen going about their tasks. Lewis sought to understand and express the debilitating impact of the conflict on the human condition.
Object Name
Battery Pulling In (II)
Creators Name
Date Created
1918
Dimensions
paper: 35.5cm x 51cm
frame (temporary): 80.8cm x 60.4cm
accession number
1925.488
Collection Group
Place of creation
Europe
Support
paper
Medium
watercolour
pencil
ink
Credit
Gift of Mr Charles Lambert Rutherston, 1925
Legal
© the Artist’s Estate. All Rights Reserved 2021/ Bridgeman Images
