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• Le Sars. F.E. Crashed

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: a crashed FE2 biplane of the Royal Flying Corps in an undulating landscape near Le Sars in northern France. The thin frame towards the rear is still intact, but the small cockpit is slumped forward in the ground, the wing completely broken.

• Inside a Small Mine Crater, La Boisselle

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: A view looking down from the edge into a mine crater blasted into the white chalky soil. There is a deep blue sky above dotted with white and mauve clouds.

• A Trench, Thiepval: German wire

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: a view along a bomb damaged trench, which runs from the bottom right of the composition into the distance. Barbed wire runs along the top, amongst the trunks of shattered trees.

• HM Land Ship 'Shell Out'

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: the remains of a British tank lies deserted, as though grounded in the earth. The side has been blown out by a shell revealing some of the shattered interior.

• German 'Planes Visiting Cassel

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: A view over the countryside around Cassel. The landscape is covered in patchwork fields lined with trees. There is a clear blue sky above dotted with puffs of anti-aircraft fire towards the top of the composition.

• The Somme: A Clear Day. View from the British trenches opposite La Boisselle, showing German front line and mine craters

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: A view over the landscape including the British trences at La Boisselle. Grey coloured rocks merge out of the grass, and are spread across the fields in the distance.

• A German Gunners Shelter, Warlencourt

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: A view along a trench from underneath a camouflage net. Stone and shards of wood lie on the ground, and there is a white topped hill visible in the distance.

• A Gunners' Shelter in a Trench, Thiepval

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: A view along a deserted trench, with the doorway to a dugout on the corner. The floor of the trench is littered with debris, both German and British helmets, fragments of clothing, stones, and shards of wood. Patches of blue sky are visible...

• Thiepval Wood

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: A view across the battle-scarred landscape at Thiepval Wood. There are barely any trees, only several shattered trunks remaining.

• The Butte de Warlencourt

  (art) Made by: Orpen, William 1917

  image: The white chalky remains of the Butte de Warlencourt surrounded by battle-scarred countryside.