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[The crater at Beaumont-Hamel] [graphic material]

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Date:

August, 1917.

Reference:

R11927-0-0-E, Volume number: 1, File part: 1

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3680251

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[The crater at Beaumont-Hamel]
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Date(s):

August, 1917.

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Place of creation:

France

Extent:

1 watercolour : 35.0 x 52.1 cm.

Language of material:

French

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Watercolour by Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume, a French artist who participated in the 5th mission of the artistes aux armées (war artists) in June 1917. The work depicts the crater at Hawthorn Ridge, Beaumont-Hamel. This is the only on-the-spot contemporary depiction of the battlefield currently located.

The Hawthorn Ridge crater was created by a powerful mine that was detonated under a German strong point on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, July 1st, 1916. Among the casualties of that day were over 700 men from the 1st Battalion Royal Newfoundland Regiment; of the 801 who left the trenches, only 69 answered the roll-call at the end of the day. The 84-acre site of Beaumont-Hamel was purchased by the Newfoundland government in 1925 and opened as the Newfoundland Memorial Park.

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Bonhams (London)
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Artist: Geoffroy-Dechaume, Charles Louis, 1877-1944

Great Britain. Army. Royal Newfoundland Regiment
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Source of title:

The title is a direct translation of the original French title. This work may also be known as "The Crater at Hawthorne [sic] Ridge, Beaumont Hamel", as it was identified in the Bohnams auction catalogue.

Custodial history:

The work was purchased from a private owner whose family acquired the work from the artist.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

In brushpoint, recto, l.l.: Le cratère de Beaumont-Hamel. Août 1917; l.r.: CGD.
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Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916

World War, 1914-1918 France Somme
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Private

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2006-01024-7
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Volume [R11927]

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1 File Part 1

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