1918 Rotogravure WWI Albert France Church Leaning Virgin Mary Statue Legend YNY4 XGYA4 historical and religious books

historical and religious books

Keywords specific to this image: pitted dates

He was perhaps best known for his portrayal of African�American subjects

Little Falls

otherwise known as Bicton Rhynchostylis

1918 Rotogravure WWI Albert France Church Leaning Virgin Mary Statue Legend YNY4 XGYA4 historical and religious books"The Utter Ruin Wrought by War on a Structure Once Famous Throughout the World for Its Beauty" This is an original 1918 double page sepia rotogravure of British troops passing the ruined Basilica of Notre Dame de Brebires in Albert, France. The church was once topped with a gilded statue of the Virgin Mary, but after shell fire in 1915 the church sustained damage and the statue was left leaning precariously. The inset image in the bottom right corner