© The Artist's Estate
HOWITZER IN ACTION C 1916/17
William Roberts (1895 – 1980)
Details
- Dimension
- 16.5 X 21 CM
- Media
- PENCIL ON PAPER SQUARED UP FOR ENLARGEMENT
- Accession number
- P1951
Summary
During World War I Roberts joined the Royal Field Artillery as a gunner, earning the nickname 'Howitzer Roberts’, and saw action on the Flanders battlefields. He was later commissioned by the Canadian War Memorials Fund.
