Why it matters
A line of wounded, blinded soldiers is led to a dressing station after a mustard gas attack in the First World War. Sargent visited the Western Front in 1918 for the British War Memorials Committee.
Did you know?
- It was completed in March 1919.
- It measures 231 × 611.1 cm.
- It was voted picture of the year at the Royal Academy in 1919.
Based on the Wikipedia article Gassed (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
