World War I, "The Surreys Play the Game!" Kicking Footballs Towards the German Trenches Under a Hail of Shells", 1916, Richard Caton Woodville

World War One, Great War, German, British, Surreys, soldiers, contalmaison, football, original gravure,
1917, Richard Caton Woodville, Flanders, france, Western front, trenches,

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"The Surreys Play the Game!" Kicking Footballs Towards the German Trenches Under a Hail of Shells

"On through the hail of slaughter...they drive the trickling Ball": Men of the East Surreys charging towrds the erman trenches at Contalmaison"

Original gravure drawn for the Illustrated London News drawn by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927), Woodville was a famous military artist ad illustrator, rought up in St. Petersburg, Hhe lived in Paris before settling in Lonodn in 1875.He was a Special Artist for the Illustrated London News covering the Tur
Published The London Illustrated News, London, 1916
Size of image = 50.5cm x 30cm
Condition = fold in centre
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