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Description: | image: A scene in a market square in Mulhouse, Alsace: in the centre of the composition stands an elderly local, dressed
in traditional alsatian costume - fur hat, short black jacket embroidered and studded, red waistcoat with matching sash, green patched
trousers, leather gaiters and sabots. His small grand-daughter stands to his left, again in traditional costume - large black, bowed head-
dress, green scarf, decorated bustier, red skirt, blue apron. In her left hand she holds a small French tricolore while her right holds on
to the grandfather's trousers. The two figures are surrounded by four French soldiers, one an officer who has his back to the viewer. All
are dressed in regulation blue coats with red trousers. One of the poilus, with his full knapsack on his back, spots a German pickelhaube
at his waist. The officer has a large map case suspended from his own. The old man, who carries a basket of wine and eggs in his right
hand, points behind him with his left, as if giving the soldiers directions. To the left of the composition, a young French soldier
examines a bottle of wine proffered by an alsatian girl who holds a basket of groceries. Her half concealed companion looks on. To the
extreme right of the composition another French soldier, his pack on the ground beside him, holds a small alsatian girl in his hands and
looks at her admiringly. Her mother, her back to the viewer stands to the soldier's left. In the background stand the traditional black-
beamed houses of the local inhabitants. A well with a large tap and bowl is the focus of the square. In the middle distance, to left and
right of the composition, French soldiers pass the time of day with the civilians. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | civilian personnel Costume and fashion Military Personnel Architecture children Uniforms French entry into Mulhouse Alsace 1914 French army and 35th line regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Fabiano, Fabien | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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