Snaffles WWI Military Lithograph, 'Le 75' Military Print.

Snaffles WWI Military Lithograph, 'Le 75' Military Print.

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Vintage Snaffles WWI Military Print, Le 75.
A good hand coloured Snaffles WWI military print 'Le 75'. The lithograph shows a French artilleryman firing a 75 mm field gun. At the opening of World War I the French Army had about 4,000 of these 75mm field guns in service, this had increased to about 12,000 by the end of the war. In the top left hand corner margin is a remarque of an observer up a tree looking through some binoculars. This Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne (1884 1967) picture is in excellent original condition and framed in a black frame with the Snaffles blindstamp (a bridle bit) in the bottom left hand corner.

Dimensions:

Height 28.5 cm / 11 "
Width 20.5 cm / 8 "
Framed height 47.5 cm / 18 "
Framed width 38.5 cm / 15 "
Framed depth 1.5 cm / "
Period

1900-1949

Year

1915 - 1917

Medium

lithograph

Country

United Kingdom

Condition

Very good condition. Slight discolouration around the very edge.

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