'The End 1916', by W.L. Sherwood

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Date:February 1916

Description:This dramatic frontispiece to an issue of 'The Southern Cross' (the Edgbaston military hospital magazine) is entitled simply ‘The End 1916’. It is one of a series of visionary works by Staff Sergeant W.L. Sherwood, whose art is immediately challenging and produces a complex response to conflict, survival and death.

<small>Frontispiece from The "Southern" Cross, vol.1, no.2</small>

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Paintings, Prints and Drawings Magazines, Journals and Newsletters First World War Fine Art Edgbaston 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: University of Birmingham Special Collections

Donor ref:UBSC: r R 31.S9 (89/1959)

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