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Item Name: Drawing
Title: Die Wacht Aus Rhine #12
Maker: Inglis Sheldon-Williams
Year: 1918
Country: Canadian
Materials: pencil on paper (sketchbook leaf)
Measurements: overall: 13.4 cm x 21.7 cm
ID Number: PC83.1.79
Legal Status: PERMANENT COLLECTION


Extended Label Info: The title of this sketch may refer to a song known as “Die Wacht Am Rhein” which was made famous in the film Casablanca, in a scene where Nazi soldiers are singing around Sam's piano in Rick's Café Americain. Though Casablanca depicts events from WWII, the song is an old patriotic song dating back to the Franco-Prussian War in the 19th century. The music was written by Carl Wilhelm, and was popular in WWI. (Henry) Inglis (Jodrell) Sheldon-Williams (1879-1940) was born in Hampshire, England. The son of a landscape painter, Sheldon-Williams immigrated to Canada in 1887 with his mother and sister, settling in Cannington Manor, Saskatchewan. He returned to England to study at the Slade School of Art, after which he traveled extensively in South Africa, India and Europe, producing drawings and watercolor illustrations that were published in London periodicals. In 1899, he joined the British army and served in South Africa, producing drawings and illustrations of scenes from the war. In 1913, Sheldon-Williams returned to Saskatchewan to settle in Regina where he met Norman MacKenzie, a prominent lawyer and art collector who became a strong supporter and patron. In 1916 Sheldon-Williams helped establish the Art Department at Regina College, and then left Saskatchewan to serve overseas as an official Canadian war artist in World War 1. After the war, Williams resettled in Europe.