| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART23428 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 90.3 cm x 75.2 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Dargie, William |
| Place made | French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon: Lebanon, Beirut Tripoli Area, Baalbek |
| Date made | December 1941 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Portrait of General Herring
Description
This is a portrait of Major General Edmund Francis Herring CBE DSO MC ED, General Office Commanding 6th Australian Division. He stands, dressed in full military uniform and holding a map. Dargie met with the sitter at some stage between 15th and 20th of December 1941 and had only three hours with him. Dargie noted, "The background of this portrait shows a suggestion of the slopes and snow covered mountains of the ante Lebanon, site of the defence system, which was being built under his direction and supervision".
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