Ferry Post, Ismailia Accession Number: ART02715

Description

Depicts a landscape showing a bay with a dhow and feluccas, and various buildings and tents on the hills on the other side of the bay. There is a camel in the left foreground. Ferry Post was the Camel Corps base, and the gateway to the eastern desert.

Details

Accession Number
ART02715
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil with pencil on wood panel (cigar box lid)
Measurement
Overall: 14.2 cm x 24.4 cm
Medium
oil with pencil on wood panel (cigar box lid)
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1918
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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