tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post7875109045341693026..comments2024-01-27T01:51:07.872-08:00Comments on Jot101: Artists as foreign spiesJot101http://www.blogger.com/profile/04163335378108954329noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6740569507462865624.post-4302630721873181882014-09-12T10:41:30.188-07:002014-09-12T10:41:30.188-07:00"It would be interesting to know how many oth..."It would be interesting to know how many other landscape artists going about their legitimate business in wartime were hauled up before the authorities. "<br /><br />Such suspicions had a sound basis: until small portable cameras had been developed landscape sketching and painting were taught to officers as part of their training. Officers on reconnaissance were expected to draw sketches of the territory they examined showing tracks, hills, obstacles etc.<br />Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.com