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Accession Number | ART03545 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | 17.5 x 25.1 cm sheet and image |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | watercolour, pencil on paper |
Maker |
Summerhayes, Edwin |
Place made | Flanders |
Date made | 16 May 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Le Val d'Acquin, Hazebrouck District where the battle of Messines was practised
Description
A small village is seen in the distance. Major Edwin Summerhayes, originally an architect in Perth, Western Australia, served with the 44th Battalion on the Western Front. His group practised here for three weeks in preparation for the Battle of Messines.