Loading a Liberty ship at Langemak Bay Accession Number: ART23714

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Depticts the loading of a Liberty ship at Langemak Bay, Finschhafen, New Guinea. Surrounded by green sea and lush green vegetation the ship is being loaded and unloaded by trucks while docked at a rectangular shaped warf.

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Accession Number
ART23714
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
framed: 68 cm x 83 cm
Overall: 45.7 cm x 60.9 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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