Flood on the aerodrome, Gambut Accession Number: ART22045
Description
Pen and ink sketch of unidentified members of No.3 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force struggling with their tent at their base at Gambut Airfield, Libya. There is a Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk in background. Dargie later recorded: "Very few would expect to be flooded out in the desert, yet this was the experience of 3 Sqdn...The planes were grounded for days. This sketch was hurriedly made whilst the artists' tent-mates were blasphemously & energetically attempting to keep the tent pegs in the sodden ground during the gale which blew with the rain".
Details
Accession Number
ART22045
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pen and ink with wash on paper
Measurement
Overall: 17.6 cm x 25.3 cm
Medium
pen, ink and wash on paper
Date Made
4 March 1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under official war art scheme 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain