Second Lieutenant Cordia McArthur (US Army)

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Aitape
Accession Number ART21635
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 43.8 x 36.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal and coloured washes on paper
Maker Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Place made New Guinea1: Aitape
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Cordia McArthur, US Army nurse, 30th Evacuation Hospital United States Army, drawn just after she had emerged from the surf on the beach near the hospital, Aitape, New Guinea.