The Chalk Pits at Loos, seized and held by 2nd Brigade of Guards against furious counter attacks, Realistic Travels, 1914 - 1918

Title(s)

The Chalk Pits at Loos, seized and held by 2nd Brigade of Guards against furious counter attacks

Object type

• stereograph

Object number

RP-F-F06284

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘By Royal command to their Imperial majesties King George V and Queen Mary’
• number: ‘41’

Artist

• Realistic Travels (mentioned on object)

Place

Pas-de-Calais

Dating

1914 - 1918

Material

• cardboard
• photographic support

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height c. 85 mm × width c. 170 mm

What

• pit, hole
• the corpse
• private soldier

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain