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An episode after the Battle of Zonnebeke

An episode after the Battle of Zonnebeke
(1918); printed (c. 1919)

Medium
gelatin silver photograph

Measurements
35.8 × 48.5 cm irreg. (image) 36.0 × 48.8 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation, 2008
Public domain

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Belgium

Inscription
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on support reverse u.l.: 83
inscribed in pencil on support reverse u.r.: (...illeg.)988 / 1B (in a circle)
inscribed in pencil on support reverse c.l.: (...illeg.) (underlined)
stamped (diagonally) in ink and inscribed in pencil on support reverse c.: AUSTRALIAN OFFICIAL PHOTO No. E5988 (... under E5988) E5988 / Purchased from / AUSTRALIAN WAR MUSEUM / WOOL EXCHANGE, KING ST. MELBOURNE / COPYRIGHT / Prosecution will follow / Infringement
inscribed in pencil on support reverse c.l.: A919
printed (vertically) in ink on paper label on support reverse c.: (...illeg.) 5988 (5988 underlined)
inscribed (inverted) in pencil on support reverse l.c.: E05988B

Accession Number
2008.366

Department
Australian Photography

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Physical description
Composite image of battle scene, with soldiers emerging from trenches, planes in the sky, and explosions of smoke.