Aftermath (exhibition) at John Rylands Library (Manchester)

[seaJane]

Details of this exhibition from the BBC website. The first sketch in the article really caught my eye. Almost too beautiful to be war?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26228228

[David Ridgus]

Thanks for posting this SeaJane. That really is a stunning sketch. I'm going to print it out and add it to the images in my classroom. I presume he drew it at the Front which makes it even more extraordinary.

The letter from Herbert Eckersly was also so poignant. I was reading it to my wife and she said, 'He's going to die, isn't he?' It all seemed so terribly inevitable.

David

[seaJane]

I can see that the sketch is squared off, David. I wonder if he (or someone) painted a larger version later on.