Indian troops near Fricourt in the Somme during the First World War
Oil on canvas (without frame)
37 x 27 cm
Signed and dated lower right (not deciphered)
As is - numerous fragments of material - folds - without frame
This canvas represents a troop of the Indian Cavalry in camp, having come as reinforcements in the Somme during the First World War. This is a scene based on the war sketches made by François Flameng and Charles Hoffbauer in 1916, published in the newspaper l'Illustration in 1917-1918.