The Falklands War - A Visual Diary

The artist, Linda Kitson, was the first female and only war artist attached to the British Task Force. She was able to remain with the troops not only for the duration of the wqar itself, but also for the immediate aftermath. Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum and the Fleet Air Arm, she left Southampton on May 12. And from that moment until July 17, she drew continuously, producing over 400 drawings. This is a selection of over 100 drawings which illustrated every stage of her war experience from troop preparation on the voyage south, the landings at San Carlos, the deployment of forcs to Goose Green, Fitzroy and Darwin, and finally to Stanley. She recorded too, the poignant and frequently hazardous aspects of the aftermath once the Ceasefire papers had been signed. The drawings are accompanied by narrative captions expanded from notes in her diary...