Bound for Suez

Place Africa: Egypt
Accession Number ART30081
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 36.3 x 50 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description watercolour over pencil heightened with white on paper on paper
Maker Herbert, Harold
Place made Egypt
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Bound for Suez - Freighters bringing up supplies for the army. The canal is something to see, after journeying across the desert. One realises, all at once, how good is the smell of sea water, the sight of fish'.