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The Raider on the Moors

Print
1940 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour print showing a shot-down German aircraft on a moor. With title, details of publication, etc., in letterpress on the back. Inscribed on the back 'Ruth'.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Raider on the Moors (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
'The Raider on the Moors'. Print by Paul Nash, colour lithograph, 1940.
Physical description
Colour print showing a shot-down German aircraft on a moor. With title, details of publication, etc., in letterpress on the back. Inscribed on the back 'Ruth'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 38.4cm
  • Width: 56.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Paul Nash' (Signed)
  • (Inscribed by the artist with title)
  • (With title, details of publication, etc., in petterpress on the back)
  • 'Ruth' (Inscribed on the back)
Credit line
Given by Mrs. Margaret Nash, widow of the artist
Object history
A water-colour of the same subject, dated 1940, is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
Collection
Accession number
E.4805-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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