Folder 20 Scope and Contents A inkwash painting believed to be done by Ross Reverdy Osgoode of the Saint Pol Gate of the City of Arras during World War I. The drawing shows the arch and buildings damaged by bombing. There are a team of horses pulling a canon on the road, and there is car and two soldiers in front of a building with a triangle on a sign on the building. According to the note with the painting, this was a customs building used as the Advanced Headquaters for the Canadian YMCA. There is an original note...

Series 03 Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains an ink wash painting by the Canadian painter Ross Reverdy Osgoode, 1876-1946. While serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers during World War One, Osgoode was permitted to do battlefield sketches. This work was created after 1917 April 17 and shows bombardment damage to the medieval gate which was sustained during the Battle of Arras. This may be part of a series of studies Osgoode did in preparation for his masterwork “Gates of Arras” Included is a letter of...

Series 03 Scope and Contents This series contains an ink wash painting by the Canadian painter Ross Reverdy Osgoode, 1876-1946. While serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers during World War One, Osgoode was permitted to do battlefield sketches. This work was created after 1917 April 17 and shows bombardment damage to the medieval gate which was sustained during the Battle of Arras. This may be part of a series of studies Osgoode did in preparation for his masterwork “Gates of Arras” Included is a letter of...