Subadar Labh Singh

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Accession Number ART22469
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 52 x 44.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description bistre conte crayon and charcoal with sanguine conte crayon on paper
Maker Watson, Douglas
Place made Borneo: Balikpapan
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait depicting Subadar Labh Singh Bahadoro, Second-in-Command of the 2/15th Punjab Regiment, Indian Army (Sabadar - rank, Junior Commissioned, Bahadoro - warrior, indicates that he was particularly brave and had risen from the ranks). He was a recovered Indian prisoner of war, captured and taken to work for the Japanese.