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  • Townspeople making a House-to-House Dash in Forlì under Shellfire Townspeople making a House-to-House Dash in Forlì under Shellfire

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: a view of a group of civilians: a young boy, a man on a bike and two women, rushing from a doorway, along a narrow Italian street, escaping shell fire. An older woman, wearing black, sticks her head around the doorway.

  • Wealthy Refugees in a Farmhouse Stable Wealthy Refugees in a Farmhouse Stable

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: a family gather in a pen in a stable. Two women wearing black lie together, bored, on a pile of hay. Just behind them a girl in a blue dress does her hair in a mirror hanging on the pen wall. On the left a smartly dressed woman sits dejectedly on...

  • Women Washing Clothes for the Soldiers at Gradara, Italy Women Washing Clothes for the Soldiers at Gradara, Italy

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: Two women scrubbing clothes on a washboard in a tub in the street. Two young girls are helping them. Further up the hill, in the background there are some soldiers standing at the side of the road.

  • The Cafe of the Black Snake near Montescudo, Italy The Cafe of the Black Snake near Montescudo, Italy

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: British soldiers examine their maps outside an Italian cafe, surrounded by trees. There are two soldiers in the foreground sitting on the lawn, examining their maps. Two other soldiers stand next to their jeep on the left, with a map spread...

  • People of Cesenatico, Italy : Returning to their homes over a temporary floating bridge People of Cesenatico, Italy : Returning to their homes over a temporary floating bridge

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: A row of coloured houses on a waterfront. Civilians can be seen walking across a floating bridge carrying their possessions on their backs. On the quay there are groups of people standing around. In the water there are several submerged yachts.

  • With the 8th Army: Pipers in the Main Square at San Marino, Italy, September 1944 With the 8th Army: Pipers in the Main Square at San Marino, Italy, September 1944

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: A view of a square in which the pipers are playing. They are being watched from above by a large crowd standing on a stairway zig-zagging up from the street and by people hanging out of the windows and balconies above

  • Villagers Watching Soldiers Brewing-up in Sant'Arcangelo Villagers Watching Soldiers Brewing-up in Sant'Arcangelo

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: a jeep is parked in a corner near a building, below some steps. Next to the jeep a British soldier makes tea, while three others sit or stand around waiting. Above them a group of civilians, gathered on the steps, watch the process over the ledge.

  • An Observation Post in the Castle at Sant' Arcangelo An Observation Post in the Castle at Sant' Arcangelo

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: a group of British soldiers gather around an officer standing with binoculars at a window of a disordered room. On the floor behind them a fifth soldier lies on his back asleep on a pile of straw.

  • Lunch by the Ruined Tower near Cesenatico Lunch by the Ruined Tower near Cesenatico

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: two officers eat and drink from a lunch spread over the bonnet of their jeep, which is parked under a tree. A soldier sleeps in the passenger seat. They are watched by a nun and a small child. In the background are the ruins of the tower and a...

  • A Ditched Truck in the Plain beyond Rimini A Ditched Truck in the Plain beyond Rimini

    (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

    image: two British soldiers wearing greatcoats stand side by side looking at a truck leaning into a ditch. In the background is the men's jeep, parked outside a ruined farm house.

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