Lithograph on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 7/8 x 25 13/16 inches (50.5 x 65.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "23/5"; inscribed in graphite in artist's hand, lower right below image (after signature): "imp"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "Recruits."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1987.21.14
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
monochrome | line | shadows | youth | men | soldiers | armed forces | army | drafts | hats | ties | suits | formal | recruits | queue | sacrifice | solemn | military art | crowd | dark | World War, 1914-1918 | war
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26)John Copley 1875-1950 (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-06 - 1990-04-01)
Publications:
John Copley, John Copley : 1875-1950, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1990, pp. 4, 8, 14, no. 14, NJ18 .C7492 C66 1990 (YCBA)