Field Sketching Accession Number: ART02937

Description

An Australian soldier is seated on a rock sketching another man in a German soldiers uniform. A third soldier stands with a gun slung over his left shoulder behind the artist observing the making of the sketch, he stands erect with a cigarette in his mouth and a right hand on the artists' left shoulder.

Details

Accession Number
ART02937
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Overall: 21 cm x 30.5 cm
Medium
watercolour, pen and black ink on paper
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1920
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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