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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5063/3/4 |
| Title | Watercolour by John Chaplin of three soldiers [including Edgar Osborne] on field service `Drumming up' |
| Date | 1918 |
| Description | Front 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. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Edgar Osborne (1890-1978), county librarian of Derbyshire |
| Copyright | Out of copyright |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Term | First World War (1914-1918) |
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