Sketch for 'The Mad Mile', Syria

Places
Accession Number ART27983
Collection type Art
Measurement Unframed: 36.3 cm x 60.9 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on cardboard
Maker Dargie, William
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1970
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Troops and vehicles under shell-fire, just outside the town of Jezzine (now Lebanon). View from the top of a road winding down to the town below. A truck is parked at the top of the road and hills seen in the distance. This is a sketch for the painting 'The mad mile' (ART27683).