Transport By Sea: Maintaining Food Supplies
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Charles Pears (British, 1873-1958). Transport By Sea: Maintaining Food Supplies 1917. Lithograph, signed in image lower centre, 35.3 x 46cm. This is no. 61 from the series of 66 lithographs The Great War: Britain’s efforts and ideals, published by the British Ministry of Information, London 1917. Ref: AWM. CL175-119 This this image is from a series that was most likely created for propaganda purposes; it was reproduced in the press and was included in exhibitions in Britain, France, and the USA. Charles Pears was one of twenty-one artists, commissioned to create images relating to the “efforts” and “ideals” associated with the war. Pears contributed to the “efforts” with black-and-white lithographs which included Naval activities, women at work and aircraft production. The prints that formed the “ideals,” were in colour and focussed on ambitions and aims. Ref: Aust. War Memorial, Royal Museums Greenwich.
Size
35.3 x 46 cm
Medium
Lithograph
Signature
Charles Pears (British, 1873-1958).
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