
1919
Greater London, United Kingdom
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Description
oil painting by John Singer Sargent
Medium
oil paint
Dimensions
231 × 611 cm

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💡 Did you know
It depicts the aftermath of a mustard gas attack during the First World War, with a line of wounded, blinded soldiers being led to a dressing station. Commissioned by the British War Memorials Committee to document the war, Sargent visited the Western Front in July 1918, spending time with the Guards Division near Arras and the American Expeditionary Forces near Ypres.