recto: Fresh blue sky; verso: [officer's hut] Accession Number: ART93173.005

Description

Sketch of a valley landscape with encampments and an expanse of sky. On the verso is a sketch of a makeshift officer's hut made of sand bags, iron, tarps with and officer seated at the entrance to the hut.

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

Details

Accession Number
ART93173.005
Artist
Lieutenant Arthur Ernest Streeton
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper; pencil with wash on paper
Measurement
Overall: 17.7 cm x 26.2 cm
Medium
pencil on paper; pencil with wash on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Somme
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
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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