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Horse-drawn transports passing the Cloth Hall, Ypres. New Year's message to "every Officer, Warrant Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer and Man under his command" dated 1st January 1918 is included with the painting.
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Artist:Captain GILBERT HOLIDAY, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holiday's early life was spent in St. John's Wood and from his window he was able to watch the Royal Horse Artillery, which was his first contact with horses. He was educated at Westminster and then studied at the R.A. Schools. He worked as an illustrator at The Graphic, The Tatler and The Illustrated London News. Holiday served as a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front during the First World War and he painted many pictures for army messes.
Ref: 4110
Medium: Oil
Size: 21in x 22in - 53 x 55 cm.
Framed: Yes
Status: Signed & Dated 1917
Provenance: This painting belonged to Staff Captain John C. Stewart, 8th Army Corps. under Lieutenant General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, 1917-1918.
Price: £
3250.00 -
SOLD
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