Port Tewfik
Art ART21736 Second World War, 1939-1945From the end of the South Mole (making an inner basin). The dockyard and ship repairing wharves and the new wharves with two Polish steamers alongside, Suez Canal, Egypt.
Port Tewfik Accession Number: ART21148
Description
From HMH "42", anchored in the bay. Extreme right is the entrance to the Canal with the Indian War Memorial on the point, followed by a section of the town and on the left, the Army Fortress Headquarters and Port War Signal Station, Port Tewfik, Suez Canal, Egypt.
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Accession Number
ART21148
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: coloured pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 26.7 cm x 40.5 cm
Medium
coloured pencil 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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