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The Great Crater, Athies
Bone, Sir W. Muirhead, 1917, Publisher's print
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Title
The Great Crater, Athies
Description
Accompanying text reads:
"The largest of several craters made by the Germans in the roads at or near Athies before their flight. The ruined house belonged to the owner of a sugar refinery in the place. The house was without architectural interest, but had a finely planted garden."
Artist / maker
Bone, Sir W. Muirhead
Date
1917
Size
15.5 x 21.0 cm
Type
Publisher's print
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Crown Copyright
You can find more information on
Aithes
, a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France in Wikipedia and on the
Battle of Arras
on the JISC/University of Oxford World War I Centenary website.
Muirhead Bone was Britain's first official war artist and also a driving force behind the foundation of the Imperial War Museum. Find out more about the history and collections of the museum from the
Imperial War Museum
website.
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Muirhead Bone and World War One
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