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Accession Number | ART22143 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | framed: 56.2 cm x 62.5 cm |
Object type | Painting |
Physical description | oil on canvas |
Maker |
Mainwaring, Geoffrey |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | November 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
On convoy
Description
Depicts a troopship in convoy at sea. Mainwaring was sent to New Guinea in May 1943 on probation for appointment as an official artist. Following his return to Australia in October, he completed this work before being sent back to New Guinea a year later as an official war artist.