Suvla Bay

Accession Number ART03605.011.005
Collection type Art
Measurement backing sheet: 45.5 x 28.8 cm; image: 8.5 x 26.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on graph paper
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Suvla Bay Area
Date made 22 April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

A rough pencil sketch on a piece of graph paper, depicting Suvla Bay. Inscription on scrapbook leaf below image: 'First section of a reconnaissance drawing made from the deck of the HMS Queen on Thursday 22 April, 1915, showing Cape Nibrunesi and Suvla Bay. The whole panorama extended from Nibrunesi to Cape Helles'.