| Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
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| Accession Number | ART91222 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 25.4 x 30.4 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | textile dye and coloured crayon on coated paper |
| Maker |
Nolan, Sidney |
| Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
| Date made | 17 October 1960 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Barbed wire entanglement
Description
Gallipoli soldier entangled in barbed wire. Nolan viewed many photos of the soldiers at Gallipoli at the Imperial War Museum, London and would have seen photos of many dead soldiers, both Allied and Turkish, tangled in barbed wire. Nolan is lamenting the awful loss of life of these young soldiers.