Description
Depicted here is the war damaged Ypres Halls and Belfry tower in Ypres following German bombardment that occurred towards the end of the First Battle of Ypres, in mid November 1914. The red hues Augis has used to colour the sky is ominous of what was to follow the initial attacks: In November 1914, German troops set the Cloth Hall on fire and by December, the building had sustained serious damage. The buildings making up the Cloth Hall were completely destroyed by the end of the war and only a small part of the Belfry tower remained standing.
Marcel Augis was the alias of French artist Henry Dupont. Dupont also worked under the alias Paul Mansard.
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Accession Number
AWM2017.162.8
Measurement
Sheet: 29.6 x 22.8 cm
Medium
hand-coloured etching, aquatint on wove paper
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