Verey Light - WWI
Artist
Arthur Henry Thomas Millier
(1893 - 1976)
Date1917
MediumInk wash on paper
Dimensions7 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (18.4 x 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Michael J. Rivard and Carol Susan Rivard
Object number2019.023
DescriptionMillier served with the First Canadian Pioneers in France during World War I, until 1919. Verey (or Very) pistols were a type of flare gun used in WWI as illumination to improve vision, as in the case of this image, or as a distress signal. On View
Not on view
