Sister-in-charge LHQ Medical Research Unit, Cairns: Sister B Burbidge Accession Number: ART24371

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Head and shoulders portrait, in uniform, of Sister Beryl Emma Burbidge, AANS, Sister in Charge of Australian Army Nursing Service, Land Headquarters Medical Research Unit, Cairns, Queensland. Nora Heysen won the Archibald Prize in 1938 and was appointed official war artist, working in Australia and New Guinea from 1944-1946.

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Accession Number
ART24371
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on wood panel
Measurement
Framed: 63.6 cm x 58.6 cm x 3.2 cm
Unframed: 45.6 cm x 404 cm
Medium
oil on wood panel
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under the official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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