Shelters in a tenement lane

Place Europe: United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow
Accession Number ART29188
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 37.9 x 27.8 cm
Object type Print
Physical description etching on paper
Maker Fleming, Ian
Place made United Kingdom: Scotland, Glasgow
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: External copyright

Description

This etching depicts people rushing from their flats to shelters during the major bombing raids on Glasgow on 13-14 March 1941. Smoke rises in the background and search lights fill the sky looking for enemy aircraft.