Railway near Peronne Accession Number: ART03109

Description

Watercolour sketch depicting light trench railways near Peronne. The fore ground contains the light rail with several figures aboard and the background is a view of the town of Peronne. Peronne is near the Somme battlefield and was the objective of an intensive series of operations mounted by the Australian Corps between 29 August and 2 September 1918. McCubbin was in Peronne in September 1918. Louis McCubbin enlisted with the 14th Battalion AIF in 1916, serving in France from November 1917 with the 10th Field Ambulance. He undertook a camouflage course and was appointed as an Official War Artist working as Officer in Charge of Camouflage for 3rd Division AIF in 1918. His appointment was terminated in 1920, in which year he returned to Australia and joined the staff of the Australian War Memorial to paint backgrounds for dioramas and to perform a variety of other duties. McCubbin remained in the position until 1930.

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Accession Number
ART03109
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour, pencil on paper mounted on strawboard
Measurement
sheet: 25.6 cm x 35.6 cm
Medium
watercolour, pencil on paper mounted on strawboard
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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