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
Details
Accession Number
ART93172
Physical Description
Medium: pencil and wash on paper
Measurement
Overall - Closed: 25.2 x 36.6 cm
Medium
pencil and wash on paper
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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