[Gallipoli figures in battle]

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number ART91318
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 63.6 x 52.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description textile dye on coated paper
Maker Nolan, Sidney
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made c 1961
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Gallipoli figures in combat, sea water below. Nolan stated in an interview (13 April 1978) that these figures partly represent classical figures wrestling giants, eg. Hercules and Antaeus, or Homeric heroes in battle.