Notre Dame de Brebieres 1916
The ruined church of Notre Dame de Brebieres (Our Lady of the Ewes), in the town of Albert. The golden statue of the Virgin Mary holding aloft the infant Jesus was hit by a German shell in 1915, but secured in place at a seemingly precarious angle by French engineers. The statue finally fell in April 1918
Picture No
10271491
Media ID
47854519
Size
3498px x 4638px
(2.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans/Robert Hunt Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
September 1916
