Place | Asia: Singapore, Changi |
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Accession Number | ART26459 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 19.1 x 24.1 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pen and ink and wash over pencil on paper |
Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
Place made | Singapore: Changi |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
From the officer's ward, Changi Hospital
Description
The buildings in the foreground were, before the war, quarters for Officers of the British Regiments garrisoning Singapore and now in use as a hospital for officer prisoner-of-war. The buildings and tower in the background is Changi Gaol, which, before the war, was a native civilian goal.