'The studio POW River Valley Road Accession Number: ART28115

Description

Depicts the interior of a camp hut with beds and a table and chair. The intersection of River Valley Road and Havelock Road, Singapore, was the site of two POW camps which acted as dispatch camps for working parties. Brindley was amongst the POWs in these parties tasked with repairing the bomb damaged buildings in the city. As he has titled this sketch "the studio" it is highly likely this is an interior of his accommodation at River Road Camp.

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Accession Number
ART28115
Artist
Lieutenant John Brindley
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 25.2 x 35.1 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1977
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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