Chris Beetles Gallery

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Camp at Ver-sur-Mer

Thomas Hennell (1903-1945)

Price

£850

Signed

Inscribed 'Ver-S-M'
Inscribed with 'Camp at Ver' on reverse
Admiralty stamp on reverse

Medium

Ink

Dimensions

8 ½ x 11 inches

Provenance

Michael MacLeod (Hennell biographer) via the Estate of Thomas Hennell

Exhibited

'Thomas Hennell: A Love of the Land', Chris Beetles Gallery, London, March-April 2026

On 11 June 1944 Thomas Hennell (and Edward Ardizzone) left Portsmouth for Normandy to record the allied positions, arriving only five days after the D-Day landings. Ver-sur-Mer, a village on the Normandy coast, is situated at the eastern end of Gold Beach and was therefore in the midst of the D-Day landings. It is 12 miles north-west of Caen. Hennell then moved inland and recorded allied activity at Bénouville and Ranville and then ultimately, at the relief of Caen.

Mounted

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