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  • Corpse: Series of sketches for work in IWM Corpse: Series of sketches for work in IWM

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert

    image: A soldier's body lying on the ground, surrounded by debris. He is lying on his back with eyes open.

  • Quarry: Series of sketches for work in IWM Quarry: Series of sketches for work in IWM

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

    image: A group of four men work at the top of a quarry filled with red-toned rocks. Further down the hill two more men dig with shovels next to a large sorting machine. There are also two men working under the machine. To the right there are green hills...

  • Caen: Series of sketches for work in IWM Caen: Series of sketches for work in IWM

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert

    image: A soldier stands amongst the rubble with his back to the artist looking at some ruined buildings. There is an armoured vehicle on the right side of the image.

  • Quarry: Series of sketches for work in IWM Quarry: Series of sketches for work in IWM

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert

    image: A view of red earth in mounds, surrounded by piles of rocks. A man is sitting on one of the mounds looking over to the right towards some machinery.

  • A Rainy Day, Brussels : November 1944 A Rainy Day, Brussels : November 1944

    (art) Made by: Schmolle, Stella L M 1944-11-01

    image: a view of civilians crowding to get on to a yellow tram in the rain with passers by in the foreground: a woman and a child pushing a toy pram, a man on a bike and three soldiers.

  • A Convoy Moving Up to the Front, Avenue Louise, Brussels : October 1944 A Convoy Moving Up to the Front, Avenue Louise, Brussels : October 1944

    (art) Made by: Schmolle, Stella L M 1944-08-01

    image: a convoy of army vehicles including a truck flying a Belgian flag, a motorbike and a Sherman tank, drive along a tree-lined street while a few onlookers stop to watch.

  • Figures: Series of sketches for work in IWM Figures: Series of sketches for work in IWM

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert

    image: Three sketched figures. Two show depictions of a priest facing away from the artist and the third shows a three- quarter length sketch of a British soldier, also facing away from the artist.

  • A Night Scene in Normandy : La Délivrande A Night Scene in Normandy : La Délivrande

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

    image: a view at night looking across a walled farm which appears to have been turned into a military camp with aerials erected in the field and trucks parked in the farm yard. The sky above is filled with patterns of smoke, explosions and anti-aircraft...

  • At the Village of La Plein: There was constant watch for snipers hidden in the village, 1944 At the Village of La Plein: There was constant watch for snipers hidden in the village, 1944

    (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

    image: two British paratroopers stand behind a large stone wall in the French village of La Plein, looking towards a burning building that is under British attack. The man to the left looks through a small loophole in the wall, the man to the right lies...

  • Pioneers on a Frozen Road at Kapelle near Goes, Zeeland Pioneers on a Frozen Road at Kapelle near Goes, Zeeland

    (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay

    image: A flat frozen landscape. A military van has stopped on the road. Several soldiers are standing around on the side of the road. On the left two soldiers appear to be digging or breaking the ice on the road's surface.

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