Turkish prisoner, boot repairing department, Gezira

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Accession Number ART02762
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 35.4 x 25 cm (irreg.); image: 30.1 x 22.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Lambert, George
Place made Egypt: Cairo, Gezira
Date made 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a half-length study of two Turkish prisoners with moustaches and wearing aprons who stand while they repair boots (turned towards the right of the image). The nearer prisoner has an embroidered Fez and the other has Sudanese features, is wearing a plain Fez.