Russian POWs racking muck, Stalag Luft III, Germany Accession Number: ART28569

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Figures in coats and heavy clothing working in the fields. Two figures stand in a horse-drawn cart and one figure is raking soil to the right of the cart. The entire composition is framed by the fence structure.

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Accession Number
ART28569
Artist
Howard Taylor
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and black ink on paper
Measurement
Overall: 20.8 cm x 14.8 cm
Medium
pen and black ink on paper
Date Made
c. 1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1985
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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