Soldiers in trench study for No 238 [ART22251]

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Accession Number ART26202
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 10.2 x 22.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen, ink and wash on paper
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Date made May - June 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

Sketch of three soldiers in a trench with machine guns peering over the top of the sandbags. This work is a preparatory study for the final painting, '2/32 Battalion holding German counter-attack, El Alamein, 31 October 1942' [ART22251].