On road toward Corbie

Somme 1 May 1918 [cloth covered sketchbook containing 16 sketches]

Places	Europe: France, Picardie, Somme Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Corbie
Accession Number	ART93170.006
Collection type	Art
Measurement	Overall: 26.0 x 37.6 cm
Object type	Work on paper
Physical description	pencil and wash on paper
Maker	Streeton, Arthur
Place made	France: Picardie, Somme, France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Corbie
Date made	25 July 1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts part of an encampment on a road towards Corbie. ART12646 matches up with this work as the left hand side of the complete sketch and was excised by Streeton from the sketchbook. This sketchbook is from Streeton's first official war artist commission to France 14 May-13 August 1918 where he worked mainly around the Somme battlefields.

Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account, 2007