Shell pack horses

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Accession Number ART92142
Collection type Art
Measurement framed: 56 x 66.8 cm; unframed: 40 x 50.6 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas board
Maker Power, H Septimus
Place made France
Date made 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A soldier of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Division Train is in uniform with a helmet, and is mounted on a horse. The soldier is leading an unmounted horse, and in the background is a war-torn landscape. The two horses are each loaded with18-pounder shells carried in canvas shell carriers.