From the pier looking towards St. Kilda, 6am

Accession Number AWM2020.678.18
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 8.2 cm x 13.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pastel and pencil on card
Maker Stretton, Ivan Clear
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 14 February 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Ivan Clear Stretton (31903) served as a Gunner in the 13th Australia Artillery Brigade during the First World War. Between 1917 and 1918 he served in France and Belgium in the Ypres and Somme regions. During the war he illustrated a series of postcards that depicted his journey to Europe on board the RMS Osterley, which travelled past South Africa and Sierra Leone on its way to England. He also drew scenes of ruined battlefields on the Western Front.

This is the first of a numbered series of 23 postcards the artist illustrated of his sea journey from Sydney to Plymouth via Africa.

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