File:The Great Mine, La Boisselle Art.IWMART2379.jpg

Summary

William Orpen: The Great Mine, La Boisselle

Artist



Alternative names	Orpen, Sir William Newenham Montague, Gulielmus Orpen
Description	Irish painter, visual artist and artist
Date of birth/death	27 November 1878	29 September 1931
Location of birth/death	Stillorgan, County Dublin	London
Work location	London
Authority file	: Q922483 VIAF: 13403558 ISNI: 0000000080929602 ULAN: 500012943 LCCN: n81102759 NLA: 36313528 WorldCat

Title

The Great Mine, La Boisselle

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Description

English: The Great Mine, La Boisselle

image: A view over the top of a huge mine crater blasted out of the chalky soil around La Boisselle. The space in the

foreground is covered in white chalk, and the sky above a mass of dense grey cloud.

Date

1917 (First World War)

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 76.2 cm (30 in)

; width: 91.4 cm (35.9 in)

Collection

Imperial War Museums

	Location	Imperial War Museum London , United Kingdom
	Website	www.iwm.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q23315190 VIAF: 1444145857089822922006 LCCN: no2016105493 WorldCat

Accession number

IWM ART 2379 (Imperial War Museums)

Place of creation

Ovillers-la-Boisselle

References

Source/Photographer

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//179/media-179777/large.jpg

This photograph Art.IWM ART 2379 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.

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)

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
Bomb Damage, Landscape

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain in its source country for the following reason:

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

This is because it is one of the following:

It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
It was published prior to 1975; or
It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1975.

HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
More information.

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