'A 'Tommy' in a shell-hole looking left.'
Black wash drawing by Lieutenant Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly MBE, MC, RI (1896-1971), Royal Field Artillery, 1918.
Talbot Kelly served as part of an 18-pounder gun battery crew, and took part in many of the major offensives of the Western Front, including the Battle of Loos (1915), the Battle of the Somme (1916) and the Battle of Arras (1917). Talbot Kelly regularly served as a Forward Observation Officer, tasked with spotting where the artillery shells were landing. The unique vantage point of the battlefields that this job gave him, obviously inspired his illustrations.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1994-12-64-1
Copyright/Ownership
Not NAM Copyright, Artist's Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1994-12-64-1