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On the western front – the ruins and the hole in the road

On the western front – the ruins and the hole in the road
 (c. 1916)

Medium
watercolour and black chalk
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
© Muirhead Bone/DACS, London. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
watercolour and black chalk
Measurements
36.7 × 27.4 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
France
Inscription
inscribed in black chalk (in image) l.r.: M. Bone
Accession Number
1039-3
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1920
© Muirhead Bone/DACS, London. Licensed by Copyright Agency, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
History and Legend Landscapes Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
ash (residue) battlefields ruins shading World War I (global war, 1914-1918) world wars

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Essay
An Australian student of Frank Brangwyn: Jessie C. A. Traill in London and Belgium, 1907–1908

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