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This is a study for the larger canvas 'Forward the Guns', which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1917 and purchased by the Chantrey Bequest for the Tate Gallery that year.

During the First World War (1914–1918), a Royal Field Artillery Brigade (RFA), under the command of Colonel Edward George Cheke (1868–1923), was stationed at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. It was here that the many new drafts of soldiers were given intensive training before they were sent to the front.

A note by the artist on the back of the painting records that Colonel Cheke kindly enabled her to make many studies of the RFA at close quarters. She adds that, in order to paint this animated study, 'I was kneeling upon the ground, between the lines of galloping teams - smothered in dust and flying clods and made the scene a lightening quick sketch in oils'.

National Army Museum

London

Title

Under Fire, a Gun Team of the Royal Field Artillery in Training on Salisbury Plain, 1916

Date

1916

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 40 x W 64.8 cm

Accession number

NAM. 1984-08-105

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs V. Cheke, 1984

Work type

Painting

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