Changi gaol and camp

Place Asia: Singapore, Changi
Accession Number ART26463
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 19.1 x 24 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

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Some of the accommodation provided for officers taken prisoners-of-war at the fall of Singapore. The centre row is the old warders' quarters; the row near the gaol wall and the row nearest artist are built of bamboo and attap. The gaol buildings are in the background, Changi.