1914 Les Alliés a Ypres 1915 [1914 The Allies at Ypres 1915] | Imperial War Museums

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Object description

image: Foreground, from left to right; British sailor in attacking position, fixed bayonet; French Infantryman kneeling and firing; Belgian Infantryman standing and drawing back rifle bolt. In the background, a field gun is being made ready by French Artilleryman and the Cloth Hall at Ypres is ablaze and under bombardment. The French Tricolour flies above the rooftops. Ypres blazes on the horizon.

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Related period

First World War (production), First World War (content)

Creator

Audino, Charles (Undefined)
F. Reneaud, Geneva (printer)

Production date

1915

Materials

Support: paper

medium: lithograph

Dimensions

Support: Height 530 mm, Width 379 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM BUTE 10

Part of

Bute Collection of Fine and Popular Prints [Part 2]

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