William ROTHENSTEIN

Burning couch-grass
1917
plate 45 from the Work on the land set, in The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals series, commissioned by the British Department of Information; published by the Fine Arts Society, London, 1917

Medium

lithograph

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Government of Great Britain, 1919

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

lithograph

Measurements

35.6 × 46.6 cm (image) 41.1 × 51.6 cm (sheet)

Edition

edition of 200

Inscription

printed in ink (in image) W. R. 1917
chopmark (in image) (lion and unicorn beside crowned shield; royal coat of arms)
label formerly on old mount, printed in ink Professor William Rothenstein. / BURNING COUCH-GRASS. / A / 45

Accession Number

937-3

Departments

International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Government of Great Britain, 1919
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Gallery location

Not on display

Subjects (general)

Agriculture Labour, Industry and Machinery Military and Warfare

Subjects (specific)

carts farming (activity or system) farms forks (agricultural tools) horse (species) labour World War I (global war, 1914-1918)

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William ROTHENSTEIN Burning couch-grass 1917 plate 45 from the Work on the land set, in The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals series, commissioned by the British Department of Information; published by the Fine Arts Society, London, 1917

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William ROTHENSTEIN

Burning couch-grass
1917
plate 45 from the Work on the land set, in The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals series, commissioned by the British Department of Information; published by the Fine Arts Society, London, 1917