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Home Guard Manual of Camouflage

Home Guard Manual of Camouflage

By (author) Roland Penrose

£12.95

Publishing 1st Jul 2025
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    • A facsimile of the practical manual, discussing the necessity for camouflage
    • Originally published in 1941 and "Officially approved by the War Office"
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    In 1941, Roland Penrose became a game changer when The War Office published this Home Guard Manual. Penrose shows how to accomplish seemingly impossible visual deceptions: While Penrose, a keen naturalist, drew on influences in the natural world, his Surrealist passion for mimicry is apparent throughout the book. Patterns, textures, shading: all these artistic devices now took on serious military currency.

    About the Author

    Sir Roland Penrose CBE (14 October 1900 – 23 April 1984) was an English artist, historian and poet. He was a major promoter and collector of modern art and an associate of the key Surrealists in Europe. During the Second World War he put his artistic skills to practical use as a teacher of camouflage. He was Lecturer to the War Office School for Instructors to the Home Guard and also a Lecturer at the Osterley Park School for Training of the Home Guard.

    Specifications
    Publisher
    Lee Miller Archives
    ISBN
    9780953238972
    Publish date
    1st Jul 2025
    Binding
    Hardback
    Territory
    World excluding USA & Canada
    Size
    190 mm x 132 mm
    Pages
    102 Pages
    Illustrations
    46 b&w
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