Harry Smith strikes a light

Places
Accession Number ART24485
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 64.6 x 52.2 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on hardboard
Maker Griffin, Murray
Place made Singapore: Changi
Date made 1943
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 of Private Harry Smith, a prisoner of war at the Changi camp in Singapore, seated using flint, tinder and a spinning wheel, to strike a light for the cigarette held by another prisoner seated behind him.