Design for Hall of Memory, mosaic pendentive [initial design]

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Accession Number ART29399
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 72.1 x 56.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description gouache, pen, ink and wash on paper
Maker Beaumont, Walter Gilbert
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1948
Conflict Period 1950-1959
Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Initial design for the Hall of Memory mosaic. Beaumont has depicted the infantry and the design has a strong vertical line. The pendentive figures of the mosaic commemorates the services of the Second World War.