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File:A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boisselle, August 1917 Art.IWMART2378.jpg

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William Orpen: A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boiselle, August 1917  wikidata:Q119176443 reasonator:Q119176443
Artist
William Orpen (1878–1931)  wikidata:Q922483
 
William Orpen
Alternative names
Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague, Gulielmus Orpen
Description Irish painter, visual artist and artist
Date of birth/death 27 November 1878 Edit this at Wikidata 29 September 1931 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Stillorgan, County Dublin London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q922483
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boiselle, August 1917 Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boiselle, August 1917 Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boiselle, August 1917 Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A Grave and a Mine Crater at La Boisselle, August 1917
image: A landscape scarred with mine craters on which weeds, flowers and grasses have begun to grow. A single white cross marking a grave stands in the centre of the composition with three sticks stuck upright in the ground close by.
Date 1 August 1917 (First World War)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
 Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 63.5 cm (25 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 76.2 cm (30 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+63.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+76.2U174728
Accession number
IWM ART 2378 (Imperial War Museums) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation Ovillers-la-Boisselle Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//179/media-179776/large.jpg
Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph Art.IWM ART 2378 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
Permission
(Reusing this file)		 This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Subject(s)
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  • Associated places
    France, La Boisselle, Somme, France, Great Britain GB, Germany (pre 1945 and post 1990) DE
  • Associated events
    01/3(4-15), Western Front, First World War
  • Associated themes
    British Army 1914-1918, Western Front 1914-1918
  • Associated keywords
    Death, war debris, memorial, Bomb Damage, Landscape
Category
InfoField
art
Image sorted
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yes

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This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

This is because it is one of the following:

  1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
  2. It was published prior to 1976; or
  3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1976.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
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The author died in 1931, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

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