Loading freighters, Haifa

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Accession Number ART30282
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 38.4 cm x 47.5 cm [irregular]
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Herbert, Harold
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine
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

Depicts freighters in the port of Haifa, Palestine (now in Israel) being loaded with war supplies. This was produced as part of the Syrian campaign series of 1941. The sharp linearity of the drawing draws the eye from the foreground back into the vastness of the docks. The ships are bulky and monstrous, conveying a sense of how many resources drove the war effort. The Syrian Campaign involved Australian troops, mostly from the 7th Division, fighting alongside allied troops against the Vichy French in Syria and Lebanon.