Object number
5911.12.3
Title
'Grand Palace and Ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres'
Creator
Description
A lithograph of the ''Grand Palace and Ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres'' by Sir Muirhead Bone. The portrait format sketch is loose in style and shows a view of ruined buildings, the viewer is placed in the doorway of a building looking out into the central sqaure. The artists signiature is in the bottom left corner, with the 'Ypres'.
The image is printed on a cream paper with a large border and the roman numeral III is printed in black in the top right corner. The print is part of a collection of 60 official sketches drawn by Muirhead Bone during WWI, issued by authority of the War Office, presentation edition, London, 1918. They are loose in a bound folder with a cover listing the images.
Production place
London, London
Date
1918 - 1918
Production period
World War One, 1914-1918
Dimensions
- Width: Folder 400 mm
- Height: 510 mm
- Width: Print 360 mm
- Height: 503 mm