Shell case trench art (2)
Page description
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Shell case trench art (2)
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| Subject |
Greenwood Kitching
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| Notes |
A shell case that has been shaped into a jug and decorated with (among other things) a picture of a soldier holding a gun, and underneath the handle, the inscription "Windy corner. Steel helmets to be worn". The artwork depicts "Soldiers risking life and limb to visit Mlle Armentiers, for pleasures of the flesh". Part of a collection relating to Mr Greenwood Kitching of the Bradford Pals.
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| Item date |
Unknown
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Content | |
| Page number |
2
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| Total number of pages |
5
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| Cataloguer |
Meriel Patrick
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| Filename |
GWA_6731_DSC06235.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mr Kitching
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Collection
Citation
“Shell case trench art,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6202.
Permitted Use
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Document description
| Title |
Shell case trench art
|
|---|---|
| Subject |
Greenwood Kitching
|
| Notes |
A shell case that has been shaped into a jug and decorated with (among other things) a picture of a soldier holding a gun, and underneath the handle, the inscription "Windy corner. Steel helmets to be worn". The artwork depicts "Soldiers risking life and limb to visit Mlle Armentiers, for pleasures of the flesh". Part of a collection relating to Mr Greenwood Kitching of the Bradford Pals.
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| Item date |
Unknown
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
5
|
| Cataloguer |
Meriel Patrick
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
|
| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mr Kitching
|
Citation
“Shell case trench art,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/6202.
