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Accession Number | ART21686 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 41.5 x 52.8 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | sanguine conte crayon on paper |
Maker |
Hodgkinson, Roy |
Place made | Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin |
Date made | 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Air Picquet (Gunner K Thompson)
Description
The subject of this drawing is 261617 Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth William Thompson, ED. Thompson died on 5 November 2001 aged 77 years (BS). Royal Australian Artillery, 14 Anti Aircraft Battery; Gunner K Thompson. It depicts him seated and holding a pair of binoculars, while a cockatoo with outstretched wings rests on his knee.