Busigny

Accession Number ART03605.055.001
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
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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."

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