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On To Rome - After The Breakthrough Some Of Our Units Were Attached To The First Armored Division And Rode On The Tanks Into The Eternal City.
On To Rome - After The Breakthrough Some Of Our Units Were Attached To The First Armored Division And Rode On The Tanks Into The Eternal City.
On To Rome - After The Breakthrough Some Of Our Units Were Attached To The First Armored Division And Rode On The Tanks Into The Eternal City.
Artist Rudolph Charles von Ripper (American, b. Austria, 1905 - 1960)

On To Rome - After The Breakthrough Some Of Our Units Were Attached To The First Armored Division And Rode On The Tanks Into The Eternal City.

Date1947
MediumEtching/aquatint
DimensionsSheet: 16 9/16 × 13 3/16 in. (42.1 × 33.5 cm)
Platemark: 9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.2 × 19.8 cm)
Credit LineGeorgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia; Gift of Michael T. Ricker
Object number2022.183.24
Our Guns Were Pointing North, Our Eyes Were Looking North Toward The Plain Of The Po Valley... We Were Waiting For Spring.. Spring Which Would - And Which Did - Bring The Final Battle, The Big Push North, And The German Defeat.
Our Guns Were Pointing North, Our Eyes Were Looking North Toward The Plain Of The Po Valley... We Were Waiting For Spring.. Spring Which Would - And Which Did - Bring The Final Battle, The Big Push North, And The German Defeat.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
The Olive Trees Were Our Best Friends And Our Worst Enemies; They Gave Us Cover, But Also Protected The Enemy.
The Olive Trees Were Our Best Friends And Our Worst Enemies; They Gave Us Cover, But Also Protected The Enemy.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
After The Bloody Battle For Monte Pantano We Moved Back Into Line At San Pietro. In The Ruins Of The Town Our Medics Set Up A First Aid Station.
After The Bloody Battle For Monte Pantano We Moved Back Into Line At San Pietro. In The Ruins Of The Town Our Medics Set Up A First Aid Station.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Our Positions Along The Mussolini Canal In Anzio Were Dug Into The Bank Of The Canal; From There We Looked Over The Flat Pontine Marshes Toward The Enemy On The Hills.
Our Positions Along The Mussolini Canal In Anzio Were Dug Into The Bank Of The Canal; From There We Looked Over The Flat Pontine Marshes Toward The Enemy On The Hills.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
At Dawn Our Patrols Went Out To Look For The Enemy, Feel Out His Positions. One Never Knew If Death Were Not Lurking Behind The Walls Of The Wrecked Houses.
At Dawn Our Patrols Went Out To Look For The Enemy, Feel Out His Positions. One Never Knew If Death Were Not Lurking Behind The Walls Of The Wrecked Houses.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
With the 34th Infantry Division in Italy - A Portfolio of 30 Etchings, Includes Several Additional Proofs, Some Hand Annotated by Artist
With the 34th Infantry Division in Italy - A Portfolio of 30 Etchings, Includes Several Additional Proofs, Some Hand Annotated by Artist
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line, We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Along Bologna, Along Highway 65.
After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line, We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Along Bologna, Along Highway 65.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Proof For Etching #28 - After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Below Bologna, Along Highway 65
Proof For Etching #28 - After The Long Push Up The Coast And After We Broke Through The Gothic Line We Were Bogged Down By Winter Conditions In The Apennine Mountains Below Bologna, Along Highway 65
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1946
The Little Town Of San Vittore, Our First Obstacle In The Advance Toward Cassino, Was Stubbonly Defended And We Had To Fight From House To House To Clear the Germans Out Of Its Ruins.
The Little Town Of San Vittore, Our First Obstacle In The Advance Toward Cassino, Was Stubbonly Defended And We Had To Fight From House To House To Clear the Germans Out Of Its Ruins.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
G-2 Section Of Division HQ, Like Most Sections, Operated From A Truck With A Lean-To.
G-2 Section Of Division HQ, Like Most Sections, Operated From A Truck With A Lean-To.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
For Weeks - Until We Were Withdrawn - We Held The Northeast Corner Of The Town of Cassino, From The Old Jail Building To The Ruins Of The Castle, Clinging, Despite Heavy Losses To The Wrecked Buildings.
For Weeks - Until We Were Withdrawn - We Held The Northeast Corner Of The Town of Cassino, From The Old Jail Building To The Ruins Of The Castle, Clinging, Despite Heavy Losses To The Wrecked Buildings.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
Our Supremacy In Artilley Was One Of Our Strongest Point During The Whole Campaign. On The Beachhead We Concentrated Large Number Of Guns.
Our Supremacy In Artilley Was One Of Our Strongest Point During The Whole Campaign. On The Beachhead We Concentrated Large Number Of Guns.
Rudolph Charles von Ripper
1947
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