[Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux]; verso: [Covered trucks parked]

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Accession Number ART19796.005
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 25.9 cm x 37.3 cm x 1 cm; Sheet: 25.2 cm x 36.8 cm; Overall - Open: 25.9 cm x 73.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil with watercolour on paper; verso: pencil on paper
Maker Longstaff, Will
Place made France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens Harbonnieres Area, Glisy
Date made 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

The right hand panel of a panorama sketch for 'Dugouts near Villers-Bretonneux'. This painting depicts dugouts set in the side of earth works, a corrugated iron lean-to and two soldiers. Verso: three canvas covered trucks are parked on the side of a road lined with trees. From the artist's sketchbook covering the campaign on the Western Front during July - November 1918.