Art, Symbol & Imagination
Into Battle: The Armoured Profile
A pale profile appears beneath a richly ornamented helmet with a great curved plume. Small stars or flowers pattern the surrounding dark circle. The image closes Julian Grenfell’s Into Battle, linking the martial headpiece with the poem’s account of courage, nature and death.
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Harry Clarke. "Into Battle: The Armoured Profile" [editorial title]. In The Year's at the Spring, Compiled by L. D'O. Walters; illustrated by Harry Clarke; introduction by Harold Monro. Brentano illustrated anthology with a September1920 first-publication statement, undated edition, Brentano's. Source scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0265-0102
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Harry Clarke. Into Battle: The Armoured Profile. The Year's at the Spring. Scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0265-0102