Place | Europe: France, Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais |
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Accession Number | ART91683 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 13.8 x 11.8 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pastel on paper |
Maker |
Rae, Iso |
Place made | France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Etaples |
Date made | 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Street cleaning, Sanitary Corps, Chinese and Negro
Description
A Chinese and a French African or British West Indian worker from the British Labour Company Sanitary Corps street cleaning in the Etaples Army Base Camp, Etaples, France in 1917. By 1918 there were 92,129 Chinese and 1,212 British West Indies in the British Labour Company and 3,365 others. Rae has titled the work 'Street cleaning, Sanitary Corps, Chinese and Negro'; 'Negro' refers either to a French-African or a British West Indian person.