Infantry diggers resting at Wewak Beach; verso: [men in a row boat]

Place Oceania: New Guinea1, Wewak
Accession Number ART29949
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 26.3 x 30.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Ashton, Richard
Place made New Guinea1: Wewak
Date made c. 1941-1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright

Description

A group of soldiers are depicted resting and relaxing nude on the beach at Wewak, with a truck visible to the right and Wewak Point in the background.

verso: sketches of three nude men in a row boat looking at fish and coral in the water.