"Salt" Accession Number: ART25359

Description

Depicts an unidentified Motor Transport Driver reading a copy of 'Salt', the weekly journal published by the Australian Army Education Service, free to all ranks. 'Salt' was a small journal that informed and entertained Australian servicemen and women during the Second World War.

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Accession Number
ART25359
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: black crayon and pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 27 cm x 24.6 cm
Medium
black crayon and pencil on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1943
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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