Advance dressing station, 2nd Field Ambulance

Place Europe: France, Picardie, Somme
Accession Number ART19763
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 25.6 x 35.8 cm; image: 25.6 x 35.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour heightened with white over pencil on coloured paper
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Bayonvillers
Date made 11 August 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

Depicts the advance dressing station of the Australian Forces 2nd Field Ambulance, with a motor ambulance in the background. In the foreground there is a table with medical supplies arranged on it, a corpse on a stretcher on the floor, orderlies sitting on benches and chairs, all in a brick building with tarpaulins to cover entrance.