Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) - 1917 Lithograph Hospital Ship at Night

Description

A striking lithograph depicting a man reading by lamplight on a hospital ship The Orderly while patients rest in bunks behind him. Inscription to the reverse reads: The drawing was made on one of the small and less perfectly equipped hospital ships which have occasionally had to be called in the service during times of hard fighting. Like most nightsisters in hospitals, an R. A. M. C. orderly on night duty usually ties himself #, as it were, with an elastic string, to a piece of literature, so that he can at once be drawn away from it by the needs of any of his patients, but springs back to his reading as soon as the pull is relaxed.' Unsigned. Presented in a simple wooden frame. On paper.

Condition

In fine condition.

Size

15.5 x 22cm (6.1" x 8.7")
Framed Size: 26.5 x 33cm (10.4" x 13")

Artist Biography

Sir Muirhead Bone (23 March 1876-21 October 1953) was a Scottish printmaker and watercolourist. He was known for his depictions of industrial and architectural subject during the First and Second World War. He studies architecture and painting in Glasgow before moving to London in 1901. He was officially the first official war artist appointed in 1916 and played a key role in founding the Imperial War Museum in 1920.