Place | Oceania: New Guinea1 |
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Accession Number | ART22413 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 39.2 x 45.8 cm; frame: 53.5 x 58 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas on hardboard |
Maker |
Hodgkinson, Roy |
Place made | New Guinea1 |
Date made | 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Air sea rescue is not confined to open water
Description
This painting depicts a "spotter" plane dropping a message to a RAAF Air Sea Rescue Launch carrying out a rescue in an inland Papuan river. A plant with colourful red flowers appears down the right edge of the composition.