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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Subadar Labh Singh
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.