Private Nancy Paterson

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland
Accession Number ART21596
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 50.4 x 34.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal on paper
Maker Mainwaring, Geoffrey
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a portrait of VFX90958 Private Nancy Paterson, Australian Army Medical Women's Service (AAMWS) attached to 2/2nd Australian General Hospital. Drawing was done while Private Paterson was off duty, as her hair is loose - it would be confined and worn 'off the collar' while on duty, Rocky Creek, Queenland.