overall: 17 1/4 in x 27 1/2 in; 43.815 cm x 69.85 cm
Object Name:
painting
Associated place:
Europe
Date made:
1918
Circa 1918
ca 1918
Associated date:
1918
Description:
Charcoal and watercolor on paper. Soldiers firing a line of 155mm howitzers into the dark in a World War I engagement. Barbed wire runs in front of the guns.
Lines of wire entanglements, like the one depicted here, were used to prevent advances across the No Man's Land between the parallel lines of enemy trenches.