'Appearing before an Officer', by F.C.B. Cadell

Sketch entitled 'Appearing before an Officer' in black ink and watercolour, by Francis C.B. Cadell, signed and dated 1915, World War I.

This sketch was one of a series of sketches for a book entitled 'Jack and Tommy' produced during the First World War.

Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell (1883 - 1937) was born in Edinburgh and studied art at Paris and Munich. Cadell served in World War I in the 9th Royal Scots as a private, and then as an officer in the 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was one of the group of painters known as the Scottish Colourists.

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Online ID:	000-000-100-313-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.1994.71
Date:	1915
Material:	Paper. Black ink and watercolour
Dimensions:	518 mm x 430 mm framed
What:	Drawing / portrait
Subject:	Fine Art - Drawings / History - Military
Who:	Francis Campbell Boilean Cadell, R.S.A., R.S.W. (artist) Scottish Colourists
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Event:	World War I, 1914-1918 (war)
Description:	Ink and watercolour sketch entitled 'Appearing before an Officer' in black ink and watercolour, by Francis C.B. Cadell, signed and dated 1915.
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
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