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Accession Number | ART30086 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 22 x 52.8 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | watercolour over pencil heightened with white on paper |
Maker |
Herbert, Harold |
Place made | North Africa: Western Desert, Western Desert (Egypt), Mersa Matruh |
Date made | 1941 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Admiralty House
Description
"The road to the sea-front, Mersa Matruh". Admiralty House on left, a destroyer in the harbour. The destroyer made trips from Tobruch, landing wounded for the Mersa Matruh hospital or for train transport to Alexandria. Sometimes she went through to Alexandria, calling at Mersa Matruh for fuel, or to load stores for Tobruch'.