The William Roberts Society

William Roberts:

British Military Cemetery

Illustration © The Estate of John David Roberts. Reproduced with the permission of the William Roberts Society. Catalogue information based on the catalogue raisonné by David Cleall. For this and full details of the exhibitions cited, see the links below.

British Military Cemetery, 1918 (signed and dated). (It is unclear why this date is not referred to in the 1965 Tate catalogue (p. 23), where 1917 is supported by the comment 'This may have been done whilst the artist was still on active service and before he became Official War Artist.' Presumably as a result of this anomaly, Sotheby's suggest that it may have been signed and dated by the artist at some point after the 1965 exhibition.)
Pencil, gouache and watercolour, 17.5 cm x 26.5 cm

PROVENANCE: A gift from the artist to Bernard Meninsky, c .1918 > Sotheby's 30 Sept.1999 (£6,325) > Austin Desmond Fine Art
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Tate Gallery 1965, Newcastle 2004