| Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART92679 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall - Closed: 11 cm x 17.8 cm |
| Object type | Sketchbook |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Silas, Ellis |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Chanak, Gallipoli Peninsula |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Section of a sketchbook containing five pages of pencil drawings of Gallipoli scenes and portraits
Description
Section of a sketchbook containing five pages of pencil drawings of Gallipoli scenes and portraits executed on recto and verso of each sheet.
- Initial Australian positions at Anzac
- recto: 16th Battalion, 4th Brigade Australian Infantry landing under fire at the Gallipoli Peninsula 25 April 1915; verso: Snipers occupying a position at Gallipoli
- recto: Monash Valley looking towards Pope's Hill, Gallipoli; verso: Two sketches of the landscape at Gallipoli
- recto: A Turkish prisoner on the hospital ship Galeka; verso: Examples of lettering
- Turkish prisoner on the hospital ship Galeka, Anzac, 1915; verso: Examples of lettering