| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Delville Wood |
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| Accession Number | ART03605.032 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | backing sheet: 45.8 x 28.8 cm; image: 21.2 x 26.3 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | watercolour and pencil on paper |
| Place made | France: Picardie, Somme |
| Date made | March 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Somme - March 1917
Description
Watercolour sketch from artist's sketchbook attached to scrapbook leaf, depicting the Somme battlefields, near Delville Wood. In the foreground is a large shell casing. A cross in the centre of the sketch marks out a grave plot in the undulating, war-ravaged terrain. War damaged and shell blasted trees scatter the landscape against a bleak sky. Delville Wood was the site of an intense battle between British and German troops during the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the wood changing hands a number of times during that period.