Place | Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow |
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Accession Number | ART29188 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 37.9 x 27.8 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | etching on paper |
Maker |
Fleming, Ian |
Place made | United Kingdom: Scotland, Glasgow |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: External copyright |
Shelters in a tenement lane
Description
This etching depicts people rushing from their flats to shelters during the major bombing raids on Glasgow on 13-14 March 1941. Smoke rises in the background and search lights fill the sky looking for enemy aircraft.