A British attack using the bayonet and grenade, Neuve-Chapelle, France Size:XXL: 150 x 75cm Plate 2 from Vermis Sericus

Plate 2 from Vermis Sericus (The Silkworm)

All five women are wearing the latest styles in winter coats and mantles

The image is an allusion to Erskine's egotistical speeches

The sitter is turned slightly to the right as viewed

View of Tower Bridge

A British attack using the bayonet and grenade, Neuve-Chapelle, France Size:XXL: 150 x 75cm Plate 2 from Vermis SericusA British attack using the bayonet and grenade, Neuve Chapelle, France, 10 March 1915, (1926). The British successfully broke through the German lines in Artois at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in March 1915 but were unable to exploit the situation due to poor communications and a shortage of artillery shells. Ultimately the British and Indians took approximately 2 kilometres of ground at a cost of 11,200 troops.