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Gassed
is a 231 × 611 cm (7.6 × 20 ft)
oil painting
completed in March 1919 by
John Singer Sargent
. Painted after Sargent visited the
Western Front
on a commission by the British War Memorials Committee, it depicts the aftermath of a
mustard gas
attack during the First World War, with a line of wounded soldiers walking towards a
dressing station
. The painting, voted picture of the year by the
Royal Academy of Arts
in 1919, is now held by the
Imperial War Museum
.
Painting:
John Singer Sargent
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