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This drawing of sleeping soldiers by Enid Dreyfus is signed with her maiden name 'Abrahams' (the image of a Welsh chapel on the verso is signed with her married name 'Dreyfus' and dated 1968). Abrahams was part of a group of women artists including Olga Lehmann, Rachel Reckitt, and Elsie Gledstanes), who, during the Second World War, much like their better-known male counterparts Eric Kennington, Paul Nash, William Rothenstein and others, made work on subjects such as Air Raid precautions and the work of the fire, ambulance and rescue services. Her drawing, 'Fire Women Resting: London Blitz', c. 1941, depicting sleeping women firefighters (included in the exhibition 'In Air and Fire: War Artists, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz', Royal Air Force Museum, London, 27 March 2020–28 March 2021), could well be a companion piece to this image of exhausted soldiers.
Title
Two Sleeping Soldiers
Date
c.1941
Medium
pen, ink & brown wash on paper
Measurements
H 30.5 x W 41.2 cm
Accession number
1987-75ii
Acquisition method
presented by Alice Schwab, 1987
Work type
Drawing
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
108a Boundary Road, St John's Wood, London, Greater London NW8 0RH England
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Two Sleeping Soldiers Ben Uri Gallery & Museum -
Welsh Chapel Ben Uri Gallery & Museum -
St Paul's from Warwick Lane, London Guildhall Art Gallery -
The Five Pound Piano – Firemen at Bethnal Green Fire Station, London Blitz Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon -
Firewomen Resting, London Blitz Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon -
Bells! A Unit of the National Fire Service Answering a Call Imperial War Museum London
