German Wire, Thiepval Art.IWMART3006, William Orpen

German wire, thiepval image: a view of a large, sunlit crater blasted into white chalky soil. The remains of german barbed-wire defences in the distance are a dark rust-coloured pink. A german and a british steel helmet and the remains of a uniform lie on the edge of the crater in the foreground. The sky is covered in dense white cloud with blue patches visible at the top of the composition. Date: 1917 (First World War).