| Accession Number | ART93359 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 18.4 x 25.8 x 12 cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| 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
|
Sketchbook of France, 1916-1918
Description
Cloth-covered sketchbook with elastic closure. Comprises of 26 pages; 11 blank leaves. Cover bears the text "1st Army Troopers Company Engineers, A. I. F." William Frederick Keaton enlisted at the age of 21 in August 1915 and embarked from Sydney on 11 March 1916. He listed his trade at the time of enlistment as a draughtsman and the artistic merit of his sketches testifies to his drawing facility.
- A Channel steamer
- The company's camp at Monkton, near Steenwerck
- The ammunition lorry convoy
- A night march to the line
- The Bunker Road villas
- French 75s defending Mount Rouge
- Not titled [Sketch of a truck]
- The Parment Wood near La Houssaye
- Three of ours down
- The company's camp near Bouzincourt, after the capture of Péronne
- Caught in the beams
- Not titled [Landscape sketch]
- A [illeg.] near Fincourt
- The weekly fair, Escarbotin
- The village beggar