Shell case trench art
Item
Title
Shell case trench art
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Identifier
9512.cpd
Subject
Greenwood Kitching
Abstract
A shell case that has been shaped into a jug and decorated with (among other things) a picture of a soldier holding a gun, and underneath the handle, the inscription "Windy corner. Steel helmets to be worn". The artwork depicts "Soldiers risking life and limb to visit Mlle Armentiers, for pleasures of the flesh". Part of a collection relating to Mr Greenwood Kitching of the Bradford Pals.
Date
Unknown
Source
Artifact
Medium
Metal
Type
Memorabilia
number of pages
5
Contributor
Meriel Patrick
Meriel Patrick (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008)
Mr Kitching
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford