NAM.1965-05-48-3-7

Studies of First World War soldiers, including preliminary sketches 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). Sketches of the British Army, figure studies, mainly of British infantry in the trenches and in action in World War One, 1916. Some of British cavalry and German troops, including studies for the oil paintings ‘The Territorials at Pozières, 23 July 1916’ and 'Our “Little Contemptibles”'.

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