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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 This item is in the Public Domain |
Harry Smith strikes a light
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.