Australian engineers constructing a bridge at Eterpigny (also known as `Battle scene, France 1918' and `The bridge builders')

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Accession Number ART11416
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 88.6 x 113.4 cm; unframed: 76.2 x 101.8 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Bell, George
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1925
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Depicts a large number of Australian soldiers (engineers) building a small, wooden bridge over a river at Eterpingy, on the Western Front during the First World War.