recto: Captured Japanese weapons; verso: Japanese position after surrender

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number ART29931
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 24.4 x 37.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description coloured crayons with pencil on paper
Maker Ashton, Richard
Place made New Guinea1: Wewak
Date made 24 October 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

recto: A landscape with destroyed trees and a pile of captured Japanese weapons taken after their surrender in Wewak, New Guinea is depicted.
verso: A landscape depiction of the Japanese position following their surrender.