Sketchbook containing 22 pencil sketches of Egypt and Turkey Accession Number: ART09447

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A small cloth covered sketchbook containing 22 pencil sketches of buildings, sites and landscapes done in Egypt and Turkey during the First World War by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.

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Accession Number
ART09447
Classification
Art
Object Type
Sketchbook
Measurement
Sheet: 8.9 x 13 cm
Medium
beige canvas cloth covered sketchbook, white cartridge paper pages, elastic binder
Date Made
1914 -1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Parent
Item Count
21
Credit Line
Donated 1927
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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