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"Inconnu"

Bone, Sir W. Muirhead, 1917, Publisher's print
"Inconnu"
"Inconnu"
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Item no
33580
Title
"Inconnu"
Description
Accompanying text reads:
"The grave of some officer of man whose body could not be identified is a common sight in this war, in which an unusually large percentage of casualties are caused by shell-fire and bombs, and some of the dead remain for a long time out of reach in No Man's Land. Some of the unknown are buried by their comrades, and some by their enemies, the graves bearing such inscriptions, in English, French, or German, as "Two unknown Germans buried here", "Unknown. He died for his country," or "Here rests an English soldier." The grave seen here was at the edge of a little wood near Estrees."
Artist / maker
Date
1917
Size
14.7 x 21.6 cm
Location
Art and Design Library
Copyright
Crown Copyright