Man

An emaciated prisoner of war, viewed from behind, wearing a hat and torn shorts. The print is included in a folio of drypoints from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The cover is embossed olive green paper (faux leather), stitched with green paper and lined with green shot silk. The volume contains 35 pages, with 33 prints and one watercolour of figures, landscapes and vessels. The folio of drypoints was made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop while they were prisoners of war (POWs) together on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop delivered the collection of drawings and paintings to Parkin on his return to Melbourne. As an expression of gratitude to Dunlop for hiding the drawings at great risk to his own safety, Parkin proceeded to make prints of the drawings and presented them to Dunlop in a bound folio in 1956. A single watercolour, dated 1943, is the only original painting from Parkin's prisoner of war experience to be included in the folio.

Presented by the Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Estate through the Cultural Gifts Program 1999