Place | Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak |
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Accession Number | ART29949 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 26.3 x 30.3 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pencil on paper |
Maker |
Ashton, Richard |
Place made | New Guinea1: Wewak |
Date made | c. 1941-1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
Infantry diggers resting at Wewak Beach; verso: [men in a row boat]
Description
A group of soldiers are depicted resting and relaxing nude on the beach at Wewak, with a truck visible to the right and Wewak Point in the background.
verso: sketches of three nude men in a row boat looking at fish and coral in the water.