| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART03383 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 68.2 x 77.6 x 6.5 cm; unframed: 50.6 x 61 cm; sight: 49.7 x 59.6 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Place made | France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Dunkirk, St Sylvestre Cappel |
| Date made | 11 July 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Loft at Saint-Sylvestre-Cappel
Description
Loft being used as an observation post by AIF soldiers at St Sylvestre Chapelle, near Lys Area, Western Front. This painting is mentioned in Bean's diaries: (1918) July 12th.... "I had arranged for Scott, one of our A.I.F. artists to meet me here. He had been up in the O.P. yesterday painting the scene in the O.P. - I saw the painting and it was excellently typical, with a number of observers in a loft looking out through the holes in the broken tile roof."