Road to Mena, showing the Pyramids Accession Number: ART02816

Description

Depicts a landscape scene looking towards the Great Pyramids along a road to Mena, showing a road in the foreground, beside a canal reflecting light, leads past flat roofed buildings towards four receding pyramids on the distant horizon, site of Australian Imperial Force camps, modern buildings in middle distance, silhouetted against a hazy sky.

Details

Accession Number
ART02816
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil with pencil on wood panel
Measurement
Overall: 34.9 cm x 45.6 cm
Medium
oil with pencil on wood panel
Date Made
1919
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1921
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

Conflicts

Places

Tags

More like this

The road to Rabaul

Art ART93027 Second World War, 1939-1945

Two figures in the distance walk down a road which leads to Rabaul. In full sunlight, the figures are dwarfed by many palm trees and thick tropical foliage. A label written on the back of the work by

Ypres from the road near Zillebeek

Art ART09925 First World War, 1914-1918

Depicts a war damaged landscape with smashed trees and ruined buildings on the horizon, near Ypres. Dyson wrote that the scene was of 'Ypres from the road near Zillebeek'. Will Dyson was the first Aus

Road to the oaks

Art ARTV05432 Second World War, 1939-1945

Second World War Australian poster depicting a man riding a horse in a peaceful country scene. The text reads: Road to the Oaks This was the track of the first brave hoofs when men with gun at saddl

Road to the oaks

Art ARTV05433 Second World War, 1939-1945

Second World War Australian poster depicting a man riding a horse in a peaceful country scene. The text reads: Road to the Oaks This was the track of the first brave hoofs when men with gun at saddl

Valley of the Somme

Art ART93176 First World War, 1914-1918

This work was painted on the first of Fullwood's tours of duty in France, in the summer of 1918. It shows a high, grassy escarpment sweeping into the middle distance, topped by a dark olive silhouette

No. 450 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert

Film F04171 Second World War, 1939-1945

Western desert, North Africa circa 1941-1942, long shot of tent and parked P-40 Kittyhawk of No. 450 Squadron RAAF in background. Three shots of P-40s preparing to take off from desert airfield. Groun

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 17 July 2025 - 3.58 am