The Advanced Dressing Station Accession Number: ART21448

Description

The operating theatre is the building in the centre where a patient is being carried in. The long building on the left is a ward and the roof of the other ward and dispensary can be seen on the right. The orderly room is in front of that and nearer still on the opposite bank is the kitchen. The tent in the foreground belongs to the Detail Issue Depot.

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Accession Number
ART21448
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and wash on paper
Measurement
Overall: 28.6 cm x 39 cm
Medium
pen and wash on paper
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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