Brigadier General W R McNicoll

Accession Number ART94169
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 78.2 x 67.6 cm; image: 61 x 51 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Longstaff, John
Place made France
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This three quarter portrait of Brigadier General W.R. McNicholl in uniform was painted while Longstaff was in France from May to June or September to October 1918. Brigadier General McNicholl who was in charge of the 10th Battalion, located his headquarters just east of Curlu, near Clery. It was an AIF battalion like most others in August 1918, there were barely 300 rifles in line and even more than others, the men were almost dazed with lack of sleep. In this condition, McNicholl's troops would attack and gain command of Clery where he set up a command post on Clery ridge, which offered him high visibility of the area and prepared the ground for an Australian offensive on Mont St Quentin.

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