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