Bone (Sir Muirhead) War Drawings, one of 50 copies signed by the artist and with 60 proof lithographed plates each signed and with monogram blindstamp, each 520 x 400 mm., 1 plate spotted, occasional light marks or creasing to margins, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light fading, all but 2 with original cloth ties, house in original cloth-backed printed card folders, some light wear and some markings, folio, Published by Authority of the War Office by Country Life Limited and George Newnes Limited, 1917-18.
⁂ A superb set, rarely found complete and in the original folders.
Muirhead Bone was appointed the official British war artist in May 1916, due in part to the assistance of his friend William Rothenstein. Bone arrived in France in August 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, during this time he executed around 150 drawings of the war before returning to England in October. He travelled again to France in 1917, concentrating this time especially on the architectural ruins that dotted the battlegrounds, he also spent time embedded with the British Navy.