PR.1921.23.ak_01
Type
drawing; watercolour
Title
Cookers 17th HLI hilltop farm
Maker of the object
Farrell, Frederick Arthur (1882 - 1935, Scottish)
Materials
ink, watercolour, wash, bodycolour, paper
Description
Shows mobile cookers, used to provide World War I troops with warm food in the extreme cold, winter 1917, at Hill Top Farm, Belgium. Men wearing Tam O' Shanters are the 17th Highland Light Infantry battalion cooks. The dominant red-brown colour of the work implies muddy surroundings. Ypres can be seen in the background.
Measurements
unframed: 166 mm x 244 mm
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