Accession Code: wu0417w Title: Go and Get Killed Comrade - We Need a Byron in the Movement Date completed: 1966 Medium: Prints Material: Screenprint Height (mm): 802 Width (mm): 541 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Inscribed: Go and get killed comrade, we need a Byron in the movement Location Name: Picture Store for conservation work on frame Location Description: Location Floor:0

Although identified with the British pop art movement, Kitaj's work is more complex and autobiographical, often drawing on political, social, historical and literary sources. Here, he refers to the political activities of the poet Lord Byron, seen as a symbol of disinterested patriotism following his death in 1824 during the struggle for Greek Independence