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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5063/3/4
TitleWatercolour by John Chaplin of three soldiers [including Edgar Osborne] on field service `Drumming up'
Date1918
DescriptionFront shows two soldiers in a tent, with a third blowing on a small fire to heat two small cans. Beside him is a packet of cocoa and a packet labelled 'iron ration sugar'.
Endorsed: 'This is supposed to depict me "Drumming Up". This expression is [...] boiling water for [...]. The sketch has been previously glued onto dark paper, probably in an album, and part of the endorsement is obscured by remnants of the paper. Available on CD, CD337.
Extent1 item
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorEdgar Osborne (1890-1978), county librarian of Derbyshire
FormatArtwork
CopyrightOut of copyright
CopiesA digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office.
TermFirst World War (1914-1918)
Art
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Watercolour painting
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Watercolour by John Chaplin of three soldiers [including Edgar Osborne] on field service `Drumming up'

Watercolour by John Chaplin of three soldiers [including Edgar Osborne] on field service `Drumming up'

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