Bois De Saufier

Place Europe: France
Accession Number AWM2017.162.12
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 28.2 x 37.2 cm; image: 17.2 x 23.2 cm
Object type Print
Physical description hand-coloured etching, aquatint on wove paper
Maker [Sanilborn]
Place made France
Date made c.1914 - 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

Depicts a badly war-damaged landscape, with smashed and burnt trees and birds circling overhead, in France. The foreground shows a broken wheel and what is presumably an empty trench. The lack of human presence suggests this is the remains of a battle site.

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