| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART03537 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | 17.5 x 25.2 cm sheet and image |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | watercolour, pencil, pen and ink on paper |
| Maker |
Summerhayes, Edwin |
| Place made | Flanders, France |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Fishing boats, mouth of Canche, Paris Plage
Description
A total of seven fishing boats are seen on calm seas at the mouth of the Canche river of the Paris-Plage with a headland visible on the right. Major Edwin Summerhayes, originally an architect in Perth, Western Australia, served with 44 Battalion on the Western Front.