George Sprod Official War Dairy

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales
Accession Number AWM2018.148.1.1
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 17.8 x 25.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen, ink and pencil on paper
Maker Sprod, George Napier
Date made 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
Creative Commons License This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Description

Frontispiece of the sketchbook created using the inside front cover which is page 1.

The title 'Official War Diary' is written in black ink from the centre left to centre right. This is counter balanced with the name George Sprod written in heavier black lettering to the upper left of the page. Mr Sprod's portrait has been cut out from a photograph and pasted in the top centre of the page.