Orpen's subjects comprised abandoned trenches, craters, graves, wreckage (including battle damaged tanks), and the casualties of the fighting, the unburied bodies of enemy soldiers. This delicate and eerie ima Art.IWMART2385

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Orpen's subjects comprised abandoned trenches, craters, graves, wreckage (including battle damaged tanks), and the casualties of the fighting, the unburied bodies of enemy soldiers. This delicate and eerie ima Art.IWMART2385

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The view from inside a trench showing the skeleton of a German soldier hanging upside-down from the trench wall. The skeleton is partially covered by the remains of his uniform, and his helmet lies upturned on the trench floor. All around the ground is
covered with snow.

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Date

1919
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UK Government artistic works
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public domain

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