Sattelberg landscape Accession Number: ART26099

Description

Looking down from the top of Sattelberg over the route taken by the Australian troops in the campaign for the capture of Sattelberg. Painted on a piece of the wrecked Sattelberg Mission, Finschhafen, New Guinea. View over the mountains from Sattelberg, New Guinea.

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Accession Number
ART26099
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on canvas
Measurement
framed: 48.5 cm x 76 cm
Overall: 38.7 cm x 67.3 cm
Medium
oil on canvas
Date Made
May 1944
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1946
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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