| Place | Oceania: Australia |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ARTI00751 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 37.2 x 49.8 cm (irregular) |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | brush and ink with chinese white with pencil |
| Maker |
Freedman, Harold |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c.1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
design for mailing carton for "These eagles" , AWM, 1942
Description
Design by artist Harold Freedman for a mailing carton for the 1942 publication "These Eagles , Story of the R.A.A.F at War' prepared by the R.A.A.F Directorate of Public Relations, published by the Australian War Memorial and printed by Halstead Press Pty Ltd., Sydney. Freedman also designed a number of illustrations for the book, the dust cover and related advertising posters. The publication featured illustrations by other AWM artists including Browning; Bush; Dowie; Mainwarring and G.E.K. and colour reproductions of paintings by Freedman, Roy Hodgekinson, Frank Norton, William dargie and Dennis Adams. Companion volumes were also published for the Royal Australian navy and Australian Army under the titles " H.M.A.S" and "Soldiering On" respectively.
During the Second World War Freedman enlisted in the R.A.A.F and was appointed as a war artist attached to the R.A.A.F Historical War Records Section and he worked here from 1944 to 1945, in Borneo, Noemfoor and around Australia.