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How ironwork crumples up under artillery fire
How ironwork crumples up under artillery fire
The contortion of iron in the foreground creates a cage-like structure around the entire scene. It appears that the photographer has taken care over the composition of this particular image to great effect. It successfully conveys the destruction and utter desolation found at the Front. The buildings in the background very possibly belong to the village of Pys. Pys, like many other towns and vi…
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Iron (metal)
- War damage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Iron (metal)
- War damage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France, Picardy, Somme (department)
Identifier
- 74548384
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:18:48.652Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:39.271Z