A. A. and submarine lookout, Red Sea

Place Oceans: Indian Ocean, Red Sea
Accession Number ART23898
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 44.1 x 46.3 cm; frame: 53.6 x 59.2 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on canvas
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Indian Ocean: Red Sea
Date made April 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Ack Ack and submarine lookout, Red Sea. The sketch was completed during Dargie's voyage to Australia aboard the HMT "Felix Roussel". This was a Free French ship which, in company of the US ship "Holbrook" and the Australian ship "Duntroon", bought back from the Middle East, Australian troops and nurses.