Metpi

Places	Oceania: New Guinea1 Oceania: New Guinea1, Huon Peninsula, Finschhafen, Finschhafen area Oceania: Pacific Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands, Manus, Manus Island, Lorengau
Accession Number	ART22659
Collection type	Art
Measurement	Overall: 63.8 x 48.2 cm
Object type	Work on paper
Physical description	sanguine conte crayon with charcoal
Maker	Heysen, Nora
Date made	1944
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Portrait of William Matpi, DCM, PN417 of the Papuan Infantry Battalion who sat for the artist while recuperating at 106 CCS in April 1944. (Heysen has misspelt his name 'Metpi' on the portrait.)