| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART93008 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 92 x 70 cm; unframed: 76.5 x 55 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on canvas |
| Maker |
Longstaff, John Campbell |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1918 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Study for 'John Monash'
Description
Full length portrait study of Lieutenant General John Monash. Wearing a riding uniform and holding a glove and riding crop in his hands, Monash is portrayed as if he has just dismounted from his horse to survey a battlefield on the Western Front. He wears the red/white/red Corps Headquarters armband on his right arm, and the remnants of a burnt out tank shell are visible to his left. Longstaff painted this work as a study for a larger finished version, 'John Monash', commissioned by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW and acquired in 1919.