Lithograph of Gordon Highlanders' officers' mess, behind the Somme front

Coloured lithograph of the Officer's Mess of the Gordon Highlanders, situated in a bare dancing hall of a village inn, behind the Somme front, 1916.

By the shadowy candlelight, officers of the Gordon Highlanders consult a map, possibly planning future tactics and battleplans for the men under their command. Towards the far right an officer in trews appears to have his thoughts elsewhere.

Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was born in Partick, Glasgow. His ability to record minute detail and his talent to observe accurately made him well suited to becoming the first official British war artist in 1916.

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Online ID:	000-000-100-256-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0207: The Thistle at War Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland M.1939.62
Date:	1914 - 1918 1916
Material:	Paper
Dimensions:	381 mm H x 510 mm W
What:	Print / lithograph
Subject:	Prints
Who:	Gordon Highlanders (British land forces) Muirhead Bone (delineator)
Where:	France, The Somme (depicted)
Event:	World War I
Description:	Gordon Highlanders - Coloured lithograph after Muirhead Bone of the Officers' Mess, behind the Somme front, 1916.
References:	McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997 Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987
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