Accession Number | ART03605.055.001 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | backing sheet: 28.8 x 45.5 cm; image: 35.4 x 25.2 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Date made | c. 1917-1918 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial![]() |
Busigny
Description
Benson describes the scene in this sketch: "These old French peasantry had been living under German rule all through the war and had prctically starved towards the end. This sketch show some of our diggers who had gone to the fields ... They were just in the process of going into the cellar."