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Accession Number | ART24483 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Framed: 87 x 105.7 cm x 6.9 cm; Unframed: 63.4 cm x 81.9 cm x .5 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on hardboard |
Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
Place made | Singapore: Changi |
Date made | c 1942-1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
HMAS Perth fights to the last, 28th February, 1942
Description
Depicts HMAS Perth fighting her last battle on 28 February 1942.
There were survivors of the sinking of HMAS Perth who were rescued and sent to Changi as prisoners of war, where Griffin, official war artist, was also imprisoned, and where created this work based on their testimony.