The morning after the stunt

Place Europe: France
Accession Number ART02656.007
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 17.6 x 25.5 cm; image: 15.6 x 23.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink on paper
Maker Kearton, William Frederick
Place made France
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 wounded and war-weary soldiers trapsing through a muddy battlefield, wearing tattered coats and scarves. Some of the men wear hesian sacks wrapped around their boots. There is wooden sign imbedded into the mud pointing to the dressing station they've just visited. Along their path is one board indicating the muddy trail might have once been a duckboard walk. To the side of the trail is a soldier sitting in the mud, one foot is out of his boot as a First Aid officer attends to him. There is a sense that these men have endured a hard, cold and wet winter - their heads and shoulders hang low, the sky is a dull grey and the lack of explosions in the background suggest that the fighting has subsided in this region.