Preliminary watercolour sketch for No 238 [ART22251]

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Accession Number ART26201
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 24.1 x 27.9 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour, charcoal and pen and ink on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
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

A sketch of the 2/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion holding German counter-attack at El Alamein 1942. This is a preparatory study for the final painting '2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El Alamein, 31 October 1942' [ART22251].