I vincalzi
Category
Photographs
Date
1917 - 1918
Materials
Photographic card
Measurements
139 x 91 mm
Place of origin
Veneto
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610244.2
Summary
Two columns of soldiers carrying kit marching along lane towards camera. Official caption on list contained in album 'The reinforcements go into the line of fire'. Official photographs of the battle between the Astico and Piave rivers, printed in postcard format. Descriptions come from list of captions enclosed in album translated by Marina Trivedi. Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972), later Lady Berwick, worked as a Red Cross volunteer in a variety of locations in north-east Italy in the Italian war zone during World War I. She married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30th June 1919 in Venice, Italy.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
On bottom left of photograph: 1170 F Below photograph : I vincalzi Printed on back : Item reproduced as postcard. Top left: 'SEZIONE FOTOCINEMATGRAFICA DEL P ESERCITO ITALIANO' (Photographic section of the Italian army) Bottom left: 'Riproduzione vietata' (reproduction prohibited)