The company's camp at Monkton, near Steenwerck

Place Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Steenwerck
Accession Number ART93359.002
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 17.6 x 25.5 cm; image: 15 x 22.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour, ink and wash 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 an established camp with buildings, fenced areas and a road along the immediate foreground. The camp - covered in snow - is quiet and unpopulated. There is a solemnity to this image, but it is somewhat unsettling with the absence of any figures or sign of life.