ECL-O.172-2019
Parts
Object number
ECL-O.172-2019
Object type
Identification
Title
Bilder aus dem täglichem Leben der Feldhaubitzbatterie 1 I/14
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Content (description)
Manuscript of 13 pen-and-ink or pencil drawings (1 coloured) illustrating the daily life of Austro-Hungarian troops stationed in Plätzwiese in Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy (South Tyrol) in winter 1915; with a pen-and-ink ddrawing of the Kaiser pasted onto the front cover within a decorative pen-and-ink border of edelweiss, gentians and mountains.
Accompanied by 2 original photographs of men with a howitzer, mounted on paper.
Accompanied by 2 original photographs of men with a howitzer, mounted on paper.
Content (event)
World War, 1914-1918
Content (language)
German
Content (place)
Trentino Alto-Adige (Italy)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 340mm
width (actual size): 213mm
width (actual size): 213mm
Inscription
Signed and dated on cover: "Karl Liko Kanonier, Plätzwiese, im Winter 1915"; some drawings signed "Liko 1915"
Material
paper
Physical description
Quire of four sheets of paper sewn to form 8 leaves within paper wrappe.
Production
Person
Liko, Karl (Artist)
Date
1915
History and association
Associated organisation
Eton College Library (Purchaser)
Object history note
Purchased from Simon Beattie in 2017