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Epiphany 1941: Britannia and Germania Embracing

David Jones, 1941

Imperial War Museum London (IWM London), London

David Jones, Epiphany 1941: Britannia and Germania Embracing, 1941, Imperial War Museum, Art Funded 1987

David Jones served in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers during the First World War and many years later, in 1937, published a book entitled 'In Parenthesis'.

It is dedicated to, among others, 'the enemy front-fighters who shared our pains against whom we found ourselves by misadventure', a clear indication of his solidarity with the enemy that finds further expression in this drawing. The inscription 'Oh Sisters Two, what shall we do' is a line from the Coventry Carol, associated with the theme of the Massacre of the Innocents.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Epiphany 1941: Britannia and Germania Embracing, 1941

Date supported

1987

Medium and material

Pencil, ink & watercolour

Dimensions

30.5 x 24.5 cm

Grant

5000

Total cost

10000

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