Sketchbook [marbled covered sketchbook containing 7 sketches] Accession Number: ART93172

Description

Artists sketchbook covering the campaign in the Somme Valley, 1918. The sketchbook comprises 6 pages, with 7 drawings of landscapes, encampments and military bands. Inscriptions on the inside front and back covers.
The sketchbook is bound in a hard cover covered with marbled paper. Some pages have been excised. This sketchbook is from Streeton's first official war artist commission to France 14 May-13 August 1918 where he worked mainly around the Somme battlefields.

Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account, 2007

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Accession Number
ART93172
Classification
Art
Object Type
Sketchbook
Physical Description
Medium: pencil and wash on paper
Measurement
Overall - Closed: 25.2 x 36.6 cm
Medium
pencil and wash on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Parent
Item Count
6
Credit Line
Purchased with the assistance of the Australian Government through the National Cultural Heritage Account, 2007
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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