Wing Commander William McLean

Place Asia: Burma
Accession Number ART24267
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 32.4 x 47.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description coloured crayons on paper
Maker Hodgkinson, Roy
Place made Burma
Date made 1945
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 Wing Commander W. J McLean, DFC, AFC, Royal Australian Air Force, No. 117 Squadron, Royal Air Force, slumped easily in a camp chair after returning from "dicing with the monsoon," while his personal berarer, Gal Hussan Khan, a Punjabi servant, pours him a welcome cup of tea, Burma.