Sergeant Dalziel

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Accession Number ART91884
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 27.4 x 21.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Garvey, Joe
Place made Syria
Date made 1942
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: External copyright

Description

Garvey's cartoon portrait of Sergeant Dalziel, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Tripoli and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Dalziel, wearing uniform but no hat, is seen in left profile, with his right hand drawing his gun from its holster on the left side.