The sketches for 'A Shell Dump, France' (IWM ART 2273) were made retrospectively in December 1918 at Bramley Dump near Reading. Art.IWMART1164, William Roberts

The sketches for 'a shell dump, france' (iwm art 2273) were made retrospectively in december 1918 at bramley dump near reading. Image: a squared up preparatory sketch for 'a shell dump, france'. Gunners are lined up along duck-boarded walkways, passing artillery shells to one another in a long chain. Some men also carry wooden boxes and there is a sign stating '9th div' in the background. Date: 1918 (First World War).