Mad Mike again! (Sergeant Michael Coleridge)

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Accession Number ART28506
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 65.8 cm x 78.8 cm; Unframed: 45.7 cm x 58.7 cm (irregular)
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas on hardboard
Maker Fletcher, Bruce
Place made Vietnam
Date made 1967
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

Portrait of 4410230 Sergeant Michael 'Mad Mike' Coleridge, Vung Tau, Vietnam. Fletcher has painted Coleridge, an Army Public Relations photographer, crouched in the grass with a Bell and Howell Filmo 70DR 16mm movie camera. Coleridge served in Vietnam from 19 November 1966 to 21 November 1967.