Divers, Sergeant Urquhart and Corporal Lydan
Art ART27906 Second World War, 1939-1945Rough sketches of two divers, Sergeant Urquhart and Corporal Lydan, Water transport.
Corporal Lydan and Sergeant Urquhart Accession Number: ART27887
Description
A double portrait depicting Sergeant Urquhart (left) and Corporal Lydan (right), of the Australian Military Forces, 15th Australian Water Transport Company (Small Craft). Both men are divers, and the only men in the army to wear a naval diver's badge
Details
Accession Number
ART27887
Artist
John Baird
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: conte crayon on paper
Measurement
Overall: 26.3 cm x 33.4 cm
Medium
conte crayon 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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