Ranging cables, HMAS Cairns
Art ART23942 Second World War, 1939-1945HMAS Cairns, local dockyard workmen ranging the anchor cables on the floor of the graving dock at Colombo. Barrage balloons overhead, Ceylon.
Corvette in dock - HMAS Cairns Accession Number: ART24182
Description
Looking down on of the stairways into the Graving Dock at Colombo. Local workmen painting the bottom of HMAS "Cairns". A Ceylonese policeman stands guard at the gangway, Colombo, Ceylon.
This is one of 3 full illustrations drawn by Norton while attached to the Eastern Fleet for reproduction in H.M.A.S Mk. III The R.A.N.s Third Book published by the Memorial in 1944.
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Accession Number
ART24182
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Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: black ink on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 21.6 x 27.9 cm
Medium
black ink on paper
Date Made
1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1942
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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