FRAMED PRINT, AUSTRALIAN FIELD ARTILLERY, GOING INTO ACTION, YPRES
c. 1990 - 2000Framed print of original painting by Australian war artist Harold Septimus Power showing artillery going into action before the Battle of Ypres, with soldiers on horseback pulling heavy artillery across a field, and others loading a field gun.
Wooden frame, gold coloured bevelled edge passepartout over woodgrain mat board, perspex covered.
A gold coloured metal label is affixed to the centre bottom edge of the frame with metal pins, indicating possibly that this is the original frame for this print.
Label text: "Australian Field Artillery / Going into Action, Ypres, 31st July 1917 / By / H S Power / Copyright Reserved".
Based on the materials used for framing and the print's condition it is estimated this object dates from the late 1980s or the 1990s before it was accessioned into the museum collection in 2002. Another reproduction of this image in the Shire of Toodyay collection, 2002.1853, is dated 1994.
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H S Power
The artist of the orginal work this print has been reproduced from is Harold Septimus Power (1877-1951)
In 1917 Power was appointed official war artist with the Australian Imperial Force, with the honorary rank of lieutenant. His skills as an animal painter were apparent in such paintings as 'The First Divisional Artillery goes into action before Ypres July 31st 1917' which was acclaimed at the Royal Academy in 1919.
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