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  • Soldiers and Transport in the Mountain Village of Castel del Rio Soldiers and Transport in the Mountain Village of Castel del Rio

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: A winter's day. The road, buildings and hills beyond are covered with snow. An army convoy is parked in front of the buildings and various personnel are in the street. A small group are warming their hands on a fire.

  • The Front Line Village of Fontanelice with an Officer in a Snow-suit in the Foreground The Front Line Village of Fontanelice with an Officer in a Snow-suit in the Foreground

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: A snow-filled village street with a officer in a snow-suit walking along the road on the left of the composition. Two soldiers repair telephone wires on the right.

  • A Street Scene in Fontanelice A Street Scene in Fontanelice

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: in the foreground a woman stands with a small girl. She is holding a pail and opens a door in the wall. Just behind her two British soldiers stand together chatting in a small square covered in snow. On the other side of the square are three...

  • Troops Round a Petrol Fire Troops Round a Petrol Fire

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: a group of soldiers stand around a fire in a can, warming themselves next to their truck in a snowy street.

  • The Office of a Partisan HQ The Office of a Partisan HQ

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: three Italian partisans sit hunched at work around a kitchen table draped in a cloth. In the foreground is a large, black stove. Behind them, the wall is covered in maps. An old woman sits, leaning forwards near a door on the left.

  • Marshalling Yards at Udine, 1945 Marshalling Yards at Udine, 1945

    (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward 1945

    image: view across the wreckage of a train marshalling yard with the remains of an engine shed and two steam trains standing on the tracks in the foreground.

  • A Pontoon Bailey Bridge over the River Po Near Ferrara, 1945 A Pontoon Bailey Bridge over the River Po Near Ferrara, 1945

    (art) Made by: Bawden, Edward 1945

    image: view from the bank of the River Po showing the remains of a steel girder bridge and its replacement, a pontoon bridge with lorries and tanks crossing to the other side, viewed from a bustling river bank.

  • Guns, Tents and Bivouacs in a Mountain Valley Guns, Tents and Bivouacs in a Mountain Valley

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: Looking across a valley surrounded by high mountains. The valley is filled with tents and bivouacs and gun emplacements. A weak sun glows through a grey sky onto the wet landscape.

  • A Company of Gurkhas in the Frescoed Hall of a Large Farmhouse A Company of Gurkhas in the Frescoed Hall of a Large Farmhouse

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1945

    image: A company of Gurkhas camping out in a large frescoed hall, the ceiling of which is engulfed in smoke from a cooking fire to the right of the composition. The men sit and stand around piles of equipment.