This atmospheric silhouette photograph captures a grand English country manor house, its crenellated tower and steep gables rendered in dramatic backlight against a winter sky. Country estates of this kind were commonly requisitioned during the First World War to house and train American and British servicemen stationed in England. Part of a collection of negatives associated with WWI-era service in England, this image offers a glimpse of the historic architecture that served as a backdrop to wartime military life far from the front lines. Project: 218364