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The painting was inspired by Sir Douglas Haig’s famous Special Order of the Day at the time of the Great German Offensive of April 1918.
'…There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end…'
Title
Backs to the Wall, 1918
Date
1929
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 162.3 x W 244 cm
Accession number
A1978.275
Acquisition method
gift from W. J. Webster, 1931
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
Robert Gibb 1929
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