Troops Entering Cambrai
Artist
Gerard De Witt
(b. 1892)
Date1918
MediumEtching and drypoint on paper
Dimensions33.7 x 45.1 cm
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by J. Crampton Walker, 1925.
Object number603
DescriptionThis is an intaglio print (etching and drypoint) on paper.Originally from South Africa, Gerard de Witt enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Halifax and travelled to France as a lieutenant in the 6th Canadian Siege Battery. Although not well known as a printmaker, De Witt’s etchings dramatically capture some of the most memorable scenes of the Canadian advance through Cambrai to Mons in the Fall of 1918.
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