Shaggy Ridge Accession Number: ART28246

Description

A view of Shaggy Ridge is depicted, with tall trees in the foreground, another ridge in the middle ground, and mountains in background.

VX109068 Sergeant Belcher, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps attached to Royal Australian Engineers, was able to obtain leave from his unit and moved between the Ramu Valley and the coast along to Yaula and Mindjim Rivers towards Bogadjim, sketching and recording something of the area's activities during the Second World War.

Details

Accession Number
ART28246
Artist
Sergeant Douglas Leonard Belcher
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour and pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 24 cm x 35.4 cm
Medium
watercolour and pencil on paper
Date Made
9 March 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
donation 1972-73
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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