Omar (cartoon for mural)

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Accession Number ART19785
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 99.4 x 410 cm; sheet: 77.4 x 385.4 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil, charcoal, brown chalk on paper
Maker Fullwood, A Henry
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1922
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

This drawing is one of two works that A Henry Fullwood submitted for the State Library of Victoria mural competition held in 1922. The mural design was one of 13 entrants by artists including Hilda Rix Nicholas, George Lambert, Napier Waller, H Septimus Power and John Longstaff. H Septimus Power was the winner of the mural competition and George Lambert was placed second. A Henry Fullwood's mural features soldiers on horses, nurses and medical vehicles. It traces Australia's preparation in Egypt, the landing at Gallipoli and involvement in battles on the Western Front.