Art Works > 100th Anniversary of WW1. 1914-18. Mixed media works by Gerry Gleason.

100th Anniversay WW1 1914-18.
Shell Horse Death Throes.
Battle of the Somme.
by Gerry Gleason.
2018.
mixed media on paper.

Horses were used at times to carry shells to the front line and they suffered dreadful losses.
The horse in this image simply stands for the carnage on the Westen Front.

Battle of the Somme. July-Nov 1916. (1,219,201 estimated casualties).