Mica Beach
Art ART27920 Second World War, 1939-1945Sketches showing the anti aircraft defences and searchlights at Mica Beach, Darwin.
Pack donkeys, Mica Beach Accession Number: ART27890
Description
Portrait of Benno (later renamed 'Sancho Panza'), 65th Anti Aircraft Battery Searchlights, standing with two pack donkeys at Mica Beach, Darwin.
Details
Accession Number
ART27890
Artist
John Baird
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 33.6 cm x 42.7 cm
Medium
pencil on paper on cardboard with tracing paper attached
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
purchased 1974
Copyright
AWM copyright
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