Ambulance

Creator:

Copley, John, 1875-1950

Published/Created:

1918

Physical Description:

Lithograph, printed in black

Notes:

Exhibitions: YCBA, Doomed Youth, June 22 - September 26 1999 (54, repr.)
Paul Mellon Fund. "Advancing troops were not allowed to stop and care for wounded soldiers. All men carried an emergency field dressing and if possible attempted to treat their own wounds, but most had to wait until the stretcher-bearers arrived. Only four were assigned to each company so it was often some time before help arrived. The wounded were taken to a regimental aid post usually based in the reserve trenches. After the wounds had been cleaned and bandaged the injured man was taken to the Casualty Clearing Station where surgery was carried out. Copley's stretcher-bearers are likely German prisoners-of-war (identified by their hats). Captured soldiers were often used to help move the wounded and bury the dead. "
Collections Collaborative WW1 Project
TMS Object ID: 2722

Topics:

Prints -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
World War, 1914-1918; World War, 1914-1918--Casualties; World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons; Litters--Pictorial works

Culture:

British

Accession Number:

B1987.21.15

Genre:

prints: lithographs (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Note:

Yale Center for British Art

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Original Repository:

New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 84191

OID:

382553

PID:

digcoll:2275958