Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Henry Lamb, 1883–1960, British
Title:: Soldiers Resting on the March
Date:: ca. 1944
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 25 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches (64.8 x 80 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948
Copyright Status:: © Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:: B2009.9.4
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: tank | uniform | helmets | costume | march | soldiers | military art | World War 1939-1945 | war
Currently On View:: Not on view
Exhibition History:: A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Gallery Label:: The Australian-born Henry Lamb studied painting in London and Paris but returned to his medical studies in Britain in 1914, and served in the Royal Army Medical Corps throughout the First World War. In February 1940, Lamb was appointed an official war artist, and he produced a large number of paintings and portraits for the War Artists’ Advisory Committee, particularly of Canadian troops stationed in Sussex, England. Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1589