Gallery: Fred A. Farrell (14 assets)
Fred A. Farrell – Glasgow’s War Artist: From Home Front to Front Line in WWI
People's Palace and Winter Gardens, 30 May–23 November 2014
Artist Fred A. Farrell received an extraordinary commission from the Corporation of Glasgow to produce 50 drawings of the Front Line and munitions factories in Glasgow. These powerful and moving sketches and watercolours recorded the war for posterity – Glasgow was one of the first cities to recognize the importance of creating such a memorial.
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National Projectile Factory, Cardonald
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National Projectile Factory, Cardonald
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Departure for the front line craters
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Bridge No 4 Yser Canal
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Intelligence Officer's shelter. Prisoner awaiting re-examination
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Church parade, hill top
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Chimneys of dugouts, Ypres, Boulevard Malou
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15th HLI (tramways' battalion) rest camp
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