Over the top, a composite shot of a World War I battle in Ypres, Flanders, 1917 / Frank Hurley
- Bib ID:
- 6573507
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- 1917
- 1 photograph : black and white ; 32 x 58.8 cm
- Notes:
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- Title devised by cataloguer based on inscription and reference sources.
- Inscriptions: "Over the top. A montage photograph that captures the various aspects of the battlefield. This technique is an attempt to condense the numerous incidents of a war that take place over a widely scattered area, normally impossible to achieve in any one negative"--Label on image, top right corner.
- Reshot.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-138300721
- Also available as a negative: Most of a very large print of Over the Top, a composite shot of World War I battle in Ypres, signed "Frank Hurley 1917", propped against a house : Flanders, World War I, PIC FH/701 LOC Cold store PIC HURL 43/7
- Subject:
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- Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917 -- Photographs
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Battlefields -- Belgium -- Ypres -- Photographs
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium -- Ypres -- Photographs
- Soldiers -- Belgium -- Ypres -- Photographs
- Intrenchments -- Belgium -- Ypres -- Photographs
- Fighter planes -- Belgium -- Ypres -- Photographs
- Occupation:
- Soldiers
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1917
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