Chloe Dewe Mathews

Caporal Joseph Dauphin Soldat Arthur Nicolas Renauld 05:50 / 12.6.1917 Ferme Faite, Ventelay, Champagne-Ardenne

About this artwork

In Shot at Dawn, photographer Chloe Dewe Mathews documented the exact locations in Flanders and northern France where First World War soldiers accused of cowardice or desertion were executed. The portfolio consists of twenty-four prints and a book. Each photograph represents a specific site and memorialises those soldiers who were put to death for apparent military crimes. Today we recognise that many men were suffering from psychiatric illness brought on by the horrors of warfare. 

The work was originally commissioned by the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford as part of 14-18 NOW, WWI Centenary Art Commissions.
 

Published March 2022

  • artist:
  • title:
    Caporal Joseph Dauphin Soldat Arthur Nicolas Renauld 05:50 / 12.6.1917 Ferme Faite, Ventelay, Champagne-Ardenne
  • date created:
    2013; printed 2018
  • materials:
    Chromogenic print
  • measurements:
    30.50 x 38.10 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Shot at Dawn is commissioned by the Ruskin School of Art at the University of Oxford as part of 14–18 NOW, WW1 Centenary Art Commissions
  • accession number:
    PGP 932.20
  • gallery:
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Chloe Dewe Mathews

Chloe Dewe Mathews