Dick Ashton sketching Japanese Warrant Officer doing batman duties Accession Number: ART28711

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Dick Ashton, most likely official war artist with the Army Military History Section, Julian Richard Ashton, sketches a Japanese prisoner of war undertaking batman duties.

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Accession Number
ART28711
Artist
Robert Thompson
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil
Measurement
Overall
Medium
pencil
Date Made
c. 1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1986
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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