Diggers going into the line

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
Accession Number ART00227
Collection type Art
Measurement unframed: 51 x 61.1 cm; framed: 65 x 76.6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Crozier, Frank
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London, Westminster, St John's Wood
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Australian AIF soldiers in winter coats trapse in single file through the war damaged landscape of the Somme. Carrying their full personal equipment packs, duck boards and supplies, they survey a dismal scene.