Title

Sentry duty; The Colonel, inspecting his trenches during a night of high alert.., 1917. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Sentry duty; The Colonel, inspecting his trenches during a night of high alert. -- "Why aren't you at the first-aid post, getting treatment"?: The Man.-- "Are you there, sir, who will guard my post"? ', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A80_187

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47,5Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,2in x 16,5in / 3364 x 4937 (300dpi)

Keywords

alert people male man men historical arts night country French France science book guy solar system astronomy color moon guarding moonlight lunar military war front location lookout century duty question speaking photograph soldier wound literature first world war concept photo moonlit time of day B&W two people wounded warfare trench trenches publication Colour sandbag sandbags World War I WWI sentry black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 1910s 20th century colonel history historic The Print Collector 1st World War trench warfare Western Front WW1 illustration photograph portrait sentry duty talking Unknown L'Illustration L'Album de la Guerre