Table of Contents

Preface Duncan Dornan Introduction: Collecting World War I Dr Joanna Meacock Fred A. Farrell: ‘A fitting official and pictorial history of the War’ Dr Joanna Meacock The Home Front: ‘While it was not ours to fight – we worked’ Fiona Hayes Fred A. Farrell: ‘truthful representations of the character and aspect of modern war’ Alan Greenlees and Mark Roberts Catalogue of Fred A. Farrell’s works Dr Joanna Meacock and Mark Roberts Appendix: Archival Sources Related to Fred A. Farrell Index

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First proper overview of Fred Farrell's vivid drawings from the First world War Beautifully illustrated in full colour Insightful essays and catalogue entries explain the genesis, execution and reception of these poignant works

About the Author

Joanna Meacock is Curator of British Art at Glasgow Museums. Previously the Scottish Regional Research Manager for the Public Catalogue Foundation, she has also taught and researched at the University of Glasgow for over 10 years within her specialist field of nineteenth-century art. Mark Roberts is Community Heritage Manager at Glasgow Museums. Previously a commercial archaeologist for over 30 years with many scholarly publications to his credit, he has an interest in military history and recently completed an MLitt in Battlefield and Conflict Archaeology at the Centre for Battlefield Archaeology at Glasgow University. Fiona Hayes is Curator of Social History at Glasgow Museums. Her collection areas cover various aspects of Glasgow history from the eighteenth century to the present, including popular protest movements, popular culture, home and working life and women's history. She has written about Glasgow Museums' photographic survey collections in Glasgow 1955: Through the Lens and 1970s Glasgow: Through the Lens. Alan Greenlees has worked for the Collections Management section of Glasgow Museums since 1999. As a Collections Access Assistant he works with the records and archives of a diverse range of collections.

Reviews

'This exhibition catalogue with accompanying text shows what an exceptional talent [Farrell] was one can't look at these paintings without being struck both by his technical skill and a desire to know more about the scenes he's depicting... there are many spellbinding pictures here.' Alastair Mabbott, The Herald