Place | Unlinked Place |
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Accession Number | ART90933.002 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | image: 6.6 x 10.1 cm; sheet: 8.8 x 11.8 cm; page:37 x 27.8 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | drypoint printed on Japanese Mulberry paper mounted on watercolour paper |
Maker |
Parkin, Ray |
Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
Date made | 1943-1956 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright |
The destruction of the Perth, February 28th 1942
The bombing of the Australian warship Perth. The artist has shown the moment of the bomb hitting the centre of the ship, along with other smaller explosions in the sky and surrounding water. Visible are the heads of men who have abandoned ship and are swimming in the water in the foreground. This print is included in a folio of drypoints that were 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 POW experience to be included in the folio.
Presented by the Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Estate through the Cultural Gifts Program 1999