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The ruins of Becordel, 1916

Gunner Archibald Nicoll painted this picture of the ruins of Becordel, a village near Albert, France, which the New Zealand Division passed through on its way to the front in 1916. This painting is now in the Christchurch Art Gallery.

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western front
painting
france
Credit

Collection: Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetu

Reproduced with permission

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'The ruins of Becordel, 1916', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/the-ruins-of-becordel, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 31-Jul-2014

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