| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART41019 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 360 x 458 x 457 cm |
| Object type | Diorama |
| Physical description | figures: dry colour on composite lead; background: synthetic polymer paint on fibreglass reinforced polyester resin; modelling: synthetic polymer paint, wire, wood and plaster over wood and wire |
| Location | Main Bld: First World War Gallery: Western Front 1916: Pozieres |
| Maker |
Lynch, Frank McCubbin, Louis Frederick Bowles, Leslie Gregory, E J |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 1928-1929 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Pozieres
Description
This diorama depicts events from the summer of 1916 when the Australians captured the crest of the Somme-Ancre ridge beyond Pozieres. The terrific bombardments laid down by both sides in this fighting pulverised the countryside, obliterating trenches and burying the troops in the debris. In this diorama the viewer is shown the remnant of an Australian Lewis gun crew upon the crest of the ridge, as it awaits the German counter-stroke. Louis McCubbin painted the original figures (in 1938), background and modelling (in 1936). The background was repainted by Murray Griffin in 1971.