A shell swept road

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Accession Number ART92145
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 35.8 x 51.4 cm; image: 33.6 x 50.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour and pencil on paper
Maker Power, H Septimus
Place made France
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A team of six horses from the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 1st Australian Division Artillery race along, pulling an 18-pounder gun. There are shells bursting nearby and there are ruined war-damaged buildings and landscape in the background. The horses are wearing standard 1912 pattern harnesses.