| Place | Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART28404.001 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | sheet: 33.6 cm x 21.5 cm; image: 24.8 x 19 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pen and ink over pencil, heightened with white on paper |
| Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | 1945-1946 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
Not titled [two prisoners working in a garden]
Description
A black and white sketch of two emaciated POWs working in a garden, drawn after the artist was repatriated to Australia after being incarcerated in Changi POW camp for three and a half years.
This image was a sketch intended for use as a frontispiece in a proposed 8th Division Book.
- Not titled [Tamils]
- Not titled [Native houses a) coconut groved b) natives resting]
- Not titled [Two prisoners working in garden (frontispiece for proposed 8th Division book)]
- POW (bookjacket for proposed 8th Division book)
- Not titled [POW life: a) guard b) listening to lecture c) chunkling d) borehold piece]
- Not titled [Seven heads of various types]
- To the memory of Private Smith
- Finis