a signed proof print from the First World War depicting injured soldiers being carried on stretchers framed by the structure and machinery of a hospital ship, one of six scenes commissioned from Shepperson on the theme of Tending the Wounded for the government sponsored series ‘The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals’,
lithograph on Holbein watermarked wove paper, 355 x 470 mm. (14 x 18 1/2 in), signed in the stone, lower right, faint ‘specimen’ ink stamp in the upper left and lower centre margins, light handling creases, a few short tears at lower sheet edge,