Ambulance train, France 1914-1918

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Accession Number ART16867
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 66.8 x 56.4 cm (irreg.)
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c 1924
Conflict Period 1920-1929
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

One of a series of oil paintings accompanying the `Evacuation of the wounded' dioramas. These depict the scheme of evacuation practiced in Messines in Belgium in June 1917. Work began on the models in 1923. McCubbin painted the original figures, background and modelling for the dioramas (ART41028-ART41034).