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| Accession Number | ART09447.004 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Sheet: 8.9 x 13 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Elliott, Dudley Marwood |
| Place made | Egypt |
| Date made | 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Tombs of the Mamelouks
Description
A small sketch of the buildings and towers of the Tombs of the Mamelouks in Cairo, in the background, with mounds of earth and a roadway in the foreground. The Mamelouk sultanate lasted from 1250 to 1517, with their power finally being destroyed in 1811.The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.
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