The Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium

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Very dark oil painting showing a despatch rider on a motorcycle passing mounted soldiers. Night scene with a fire and smoke. On the right riders are struggling to control their rearing horses; in the background a horse has fallen.

Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive, Gillingham

Chatham

Title

The Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium

Date

1957

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 75.9 x W 88.8 cm

Accession number

5811.4

Acquisition method

gift

Work type

Painting

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