Menin Road, Ypres, 1916

ModernBritishArtGallery are delighted to be presenting for sale two collections of original works of art by Sir Frank Brangwyn <br>
Enjoy 20% off any total purchase over £500 using the coupon code fb20 at the checkout.

Sold

William Hugh Duncan Arthur ()

SKU: 5907

Charcoal and pencil on paper

4 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. (11.5 x 21 cm)

Presentation:
framed

Size:
Height – 11.5cm x Width – 21cm

DESCRIPTION

Provenance:
David Cohen Fine Art; Private Collection

This very detailed panoramic view from the British trenches is very close in composition to Charles Sims’ painting ‘The Old German Front Line, Arras, 1916’ (The Edwardians, Fine Art Society Catalogue 2011, p.69).

2nd Lieutenant WILLIAM HUGH DUNCAN ARTHUR, born 1892. 9th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Formerly served as 35602 Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps. Duncan Arthur was the son of Allan and Jane Arthur, of Wellington, Shropshire. Allan was a confectioner and Duncan was listed as a student surveyor in the 1911 Census.

We are grateful to Judith Cohen for assistance.

Disclaimer:
Modern British Art Gallery are continually seeking to improve the quality of the information on their website. We actively undertake to post new and more accurate information on our stable of artists.

We openly acknowledge the use of information from other sites including Wikipedia, artbiogs.co.uk and Tate.org and other public domains. We are grateful for the use of this information and we openly invite any comments on how to improve the accuracy of what we have posted.

THE ARTIST

William Hugh Duncan

Arthur

2nd Lieutenant WILLIAM HUGH DUNCAN ARTHUR, 9th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. Formerly served as 35602 Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps “23rd Division Rest Camp”.

MORE PICTURES BY ARTIST

SKU: 5905

William Hugh Duncan Arthur ()

23rd Division Rest Camp 1917

£480.00

SKU: 5906

William Hugh Duncan Arthur ()

Bosch Dugouts Hill 60 Sector, 1917

£830.00