The Crossing of the Rhine, 1945 | Imperial War Museums

description

Object description

image: a row of thin trees run from the foreground down the side of the hill. To the right are several tanks and numbers of troops moving down towards the river bank and embarking onto landing craft.

History note

War Artists Advisory Committee purchase

Inscription

Eric Taylor March 1945

Object details

Category

Related period

Second World War (production), Second World War (content)

Creator

Taylor, Eric Wilfred

Production date

1945

Materials

medium: ink

medium: wash

Dimensions

Support: Height 342 mm, Width 596 mm

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART LD 5590

Object associations

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