Not titled [Ammunition store]

Place Europe: France
Accession Number ART02656.005
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 17.6 x 25.5 cm; image: 16.2 x 24.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description ink, watercolour and gouache on paper
Maker Kearton, William Frederick
Place made France, France: Picardie, Somme, Amiens
Date made c. 1916 - 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 a camouflage canopy over an ammunition store dug-out in the middle of what appears to be a baren landscape. Text overleaf: "Reinforced concrete M.G. Dugout with reinforcement nearing completion. Several of this type were constructed by the 1st Australian Instructional Corps, Australian Engineers for the defence line fronting Amiens."