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Eric Henri Kennington (12 March 1888 – 13 April 1960) was an English sculptor, artist and illustrator, and an official war artist in both World Wars.
As a war artist, Kennington specialised in depictions of the daily hardships endured by soldiers and airmen. In the inter-war years he worked mostly on portraits and a number of book illustrations. The most notable of his book illustrations were for T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Kennington was also a gifted sculptor, best known for his 24th East Surrey Division War Memorial in Battersea Park, for his work on the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon and for the effigy of Lawrence at Wareham in Dorset.
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Eric Kennington A Bantam Hercules
1917 -
Eric Kennington Sleeping Soldier
exhibited 1918 -
Eric Kennington Muttar il Hamoud min Beni Hassan
1920 -
Eric Kennington Head of T.E. Lawrence
1926 -
Eric Kennington Sergeant H.D. Parker, R.A.F.
1941 -
Eric Kennington Making Soldiers: In the Trenches
c.1917 -
Eric Kennington Making Soldiers: Over the Top
c.1917 -
Eric Kennington Making Soldiers: Bringing In Prisoners
c.1917
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