Major General James Legge Accession Number: ART02565

Description

Portrait of Major General (later Lieutenant General) James Gordon Legge, of the 1st Australian Imperial Force, Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG). Major General Legge organised the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF), Commanding 1st Division Australian Infantry Force, and later 2nd Division Australian Infantry Force, on the Western Front.

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Accession Number
ART02565
Artist
Henry Bromilow Harrison
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
Overall
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired 1921
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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