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(71) N.514 - Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area

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(71) N.514 - Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area

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(71) N.514 - Shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area
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DescriptionShell-damaged shrine, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph shows two kilted soldiers looking at a shrine damaged by shelling. The shrine, which appears to have been a hexagonal structure built of stone and brick, has been badly damaged but the statue of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus is unharmed. Shrines of this type are common in Catholic countries. The survival of the statue would be considered by some to be miraculous. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. A shrine shattered by a German shell in the firing area.']
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events: 1917-1918 [Probable date/event depicted]
World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Places: Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Subject / content: Shrines (structures)
War damage
Shells (ammunition)
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Propaganda
War photography
Photojournalism
Person / organisation: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- [Photographer]
Great Britain. Army [Depicted]
Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]

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Tom Aitken
DescriptionTom Aitken was a newspaper photographer from Glasgow who was assigned in December 1917 as a war photographer along with David McLellan and Armando Consolé. McLellan's work also features in the National Library of Scotland’s Haig Papers. War photographers held a hybrid position during World War I, being part of yet not ultimately responsible to the military.
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Dates / events: 1917-1918 [Probable date/event depicted]
Places: Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Person / organisation: Aitken, Thomas (Tom) Keith, 1879- [Photographer]
Great Britain. Army [Depicted]

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Photographers
DescriptionPhotographs by named photographers.
First World War 'Official Photographs'
DescriptionBlack-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries.
ShelfmarkAcc.3155
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events: World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content: War photography
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Photojournalism
Propaganda
Person / organisation: Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]

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