Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: Print made by James McBey, 1883–1959, British
Title:: The Somme Front
Date:: 1917
Materials & Techniques:: Drypoint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (21.6 × 41.3 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
Copyright Status:: © Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:: B1994.4.1256
Gallery Label:: The ruined landscape represents what was once the village of Combles, destroyed during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Against the sky on the left are two heavy guns, with camouflage netting over them. Gallery label for Doomed Youth The Poetry and the Pity of World War I (Yale Center for British Art, 1999-06-22 - 1999-09-26)