Navigator in Catalina (Flying Officer William Lynch) Accession Number: ART23166

Description

Depicts 410994 Flying William Eric Lynch in the navigator's compartment of the Catalina flying boat from the Royal Australian Air Force, No 205 Squadron.

Details

Accession Number

ART23166

Artist

Captain Roy Cecil Hodgkinson

Classification

Art

Object Type

Work on paper

Physical Description

Medium: crayon heightened with white and with sanguine conte crayon on paper

Measurement

Overall: 50.2 cm x 38.8 cm

Medium

crayon heightened with white and with sanguine conte crayon on paper

Date Made

1945

Place Made

Ceylon

Whole/Part

Whole

Item Count

1

Credit Line

acquired under official war art scheme 1945

Copyright

Copyright expired - public domain

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