NAM.1965-05-48-3-3

Study of First World War soldiers, a preliminary sketch for the oil painting, ‘The Second Battle of Ypres (Frezenberg)’, by William Barns Wollen, 1917 (c). Page from a sketchbook of 29 sheets of charcoal and white wash drawings by William Barns Wollen, signed ‘W B Wollen’ on the front inside cover 1917 (c). Studies for the oil painting, ‘The Second Battle of Ypres (Frezenberg)’. Canadian infantrymen of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry defending the Frezenberg Ridge at the 2nd Battle of Ypres in 1915. The two figures are wearing greatcoats; one carries an ammunition box on his shoulder while the other fires from an entrenched position. Both figures are included in Wollen’s finished oil painting of the battle. Associated with 2nd Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Frezenberg, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918), 1915.

Ypres, 2nd Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Frezenberg, Battle of, 1915 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)