Air Commodore Leslie Brown Accession Number: ART22021

Description

Portrait depicting Air Commodore Leslie Oswald Brown, RAF, later Air Vice Marshall Sir Leslie Brown. This was a study that Dargie sketched for his painting the 'signing of the Armistice at Acre'.

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Accession Number
ART22021
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brown conte crayons heightened with white over pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 50 cm x 37.6 cm
Medium
brown conte crayons heightened with white over pencil on paper
Date Made
1941-1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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