| Place | Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Boulogne |
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| Accession Number | AWM2017.162.6 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 25.2 x 31 cm; Image: 12.2 x 17.2 cm |
| Object type | |
| Physical description | hand-coloured etching, aquatint on wove paper |
| Maker |
Davril, Louis |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | c.1914 - 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Boulogne
Description
Depicted here is the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne, identifiable by its 101 metre high tower and dome. Boulogne was one of the three major base ports used by the Commonwealth armies on the Western Front during the First World War and along with Wimereux, formed one of the chief hospital areas for soldiers injured on the Western Front.
Lucien Dasselbourne, known as his alias 'L. Davril' was born in Louvroil, northern France in 1873. He was a painter and aquatint etcher. Davril started painting during the First World War, copying the works and drawings of WW1 and later Congo-Africa painter Fernando Allard L'Olivier and then moved to Paris for further studying. Davril exhibited in the 1922 'Salon des Artistes Francais' and received an honourable mention. He also exhibited in 1922 in 'la societe Nationale', and in 1931 in the Salon d'Automne. Working in Pairs, but belonging to the 'Ecole Belgique', he signed his etchings also L. Davril.