John Longstaff Accession Number: ART19765

Description

Depicts a portrait of an officer John Longstaff (later Sir) (1862-1941). Sir John Longstaff was an Australian artist, best known for his portraiture. In 1918 Longstaff was appointed an Australian official war artist attached to the Australian Imperial Forces, working in France, May-June and September-October 1918, undertaking portraits of distinguished Australian servemen. He was awarded the Archibald Prize for portraiture five times.

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Accession Number
ART19765
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 31.2 cm x 22.6 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
purchased 1981
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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