En route Sydney - Melbourne Accession Number: ART21845

Description

Air sea rescue boats at Eden, NSW. These two boats were in transit from Sydney to the Point Cook RAAF station. The crews were in the charge of F/O Frank Davies. After this work was painted very rough weather prevailed at sea and continued for several days. During the bad weather the boat that is depicted as the leading boat broke its moorings and became a total wreck amongst the rocks seen in the background.

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Accession Number
ART21845
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour on paper
Measurement
Overall: 28 cm x 38 cm
Medium
watercolour on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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