| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART40457 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 27 x 37 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | black fibre-tipped pen, blue pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Fletcher, Bruce |
| Place made | Vietnam, Vietnam: Phuoc Tuy Province, Nui Dat |
| Date made | 20 May 1967 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Two engineers brought in suffering shock after mine accident, day after Ho Chi Minh's birthday, 20 May 1967
Description
Two engineers, suffering shock after a mine accident, being brought in by helicopter for medical assistance on 20 May 1967, the day after Ho Chi Minh's birthday. Of this sketched the artist recalled
The secondary inscription on the verso of the sheet reads: 'Tents in amongst the rubber, Nui Dat, 21st 2 days after Ho's birthday', indicating that Fletcher had planned a drawing on the verso to match this title; however no drawing exists, only the inscription.