"This work is a study for 'A Howitzer Firing' (IWM ART 1152). In a letter on 5 July 1918 to the Ministry of Information, Nash announced designs for a work entitled 'Howitzer Battery Firing' (possibly this work). 'A Howitzer Firing' was a commission from the Ministry of Information and was listed as complete on 15 July 1918." image: a howitzer sited under a camouflaged awning, manned by four soldiers, fires into the distance. The gun itself is also painted with a camouflage scheme.