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Sketchbook by First World War official war artist James Quinn containing landscapes and street scenes made in France in 1918. The sketchbook comprised 26pp, 8pp of drawings, hard buff covers and includes several studies of details in pencil and pastel with ART19884.008 verso, and inside back cover containing pencil drawings of a dancer and human faces and profiles, possibly not in the hand of the artist.
In 1918-1919, James Quinn was engaged as an official war artist for the AIF in France. He was well known for his sensitive painting and as a result he received many high profile portrait commissions. During his commission under the official war artist scheme, he produced eighteen portraits of significant AIF service personnel for the Memorial's collection.
Artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on the Western Front during July - November 1918. The sketchbook comprises 27 pages with 46 drawings of landscapes, artillery, animals, camp life and battlefi
A sketchbook used by George Lambert during his commission containing eleven drawings of boats, landscapes, mules and figures studies. Title inscribed by Lambert on the front cover as 'The Buff Book, L
Artist's sketchbook, black hardcover containing 22 pencil drawings of portraits of allied soldiers of various nationalities, plus one still life.
Artists sketchbook covering the campaign in the Somme Valley, 1918. The sketchbook comprises 6 pages, with 7 drawings of landscapes, encampments and military bands. Inscriptions on the inside front an
Artist's sketchbook of scenes, portraits, and still life produced in France in 1918. Twenty-six pages of watercolour and pencil drawings. Newman sketchbook, hard buff covers, cartridge paper leaves an
AWRS supplied sketchbook of 18 leaves, containing 9 pages of drawings of landscapes near Merck Saint Liévin, the canton of Fauquembergues, Ypres, Somme, Bouligne and Mont des Cals, interiors, and desi