'Au restaurant en attandant le départ Marseille', 1914
Charcoal drawing by Paul Sarrut (1882-1969), 1914.
Two British soldiers in a restaurant in Marseille.
Paul Sarrut served in the French Army during World War One (1914-1918) and was posted to the British Army as a Military Liaison Officer and interpreter for the French, Indian and British troops on the Western Front.
After the War, Sarrut had a selection of his drawings engraved and issued as a portfolio, 'British and Indian Troops in Northern France, 70 War Sketches, 1914-1915', published by H Delépine of Arras, France, in about 1919.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 2000-10-20-1
Copyright/Ownership
Copyright: The Estate of Paul Sarrut
Location
National Army Museum, Study Collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2000-10-20-1