‘Hankey produced images of the scenes he had seen at Flanders, some of which were included in the 1916 Artists’ Rifles Art Exhibi-tion at the Leicester Galleries in London’s Bloomsbury Square. Among the visitors was Queen Alexandra, who much admired Hankey’s The Artists’ Billets, Bailleul. His most arresting war-related image is his etching depicting the flight of a group of refugees from Belgium, in which he adroitly captures the emotion, anxiety, despair and determination on the faces of the families.’ Country Life 3rd September 2021, ‘In Focus: William Lee-Hankey, the British painter who became famous painting French rural life.’

Signed etching, blind stamped, large plate measuring 43.5cm x 49.5cm plus short borders. Conservation mounted.