Chloe Dewe Mathews

Second Lieutenant Eric Skeffington Poole 07:25 / 10.12.1916 Town Hall (prison cell), Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen

About this artwork

In this series, the photographer 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:
    Second Lieutenant Eric Skeffington Poole 07:25 / 10.12.1916 Town Hall (prison cell), Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen
  • 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 932.16
  • gallery:
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Chloe Dewe Mathews

Chloe Dewe Mathews