Church at Bresle Accession Number: ART19799

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Watercolour sketch depicting a view of the church at Bresle. Will Longstaff was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1879. From 1900 to 1901, he served with the South African Light Horse in the Boer War. Following his return to Victoria, he taught art privately with Leslie Wilkie at Eltham. He enlisted with the Remounts in October 1915 and served in the Middle East and France before being invalided to England in October 1917. While serving in Egypt, he made pictorial records of the ANZAC Mounted Division and the Desert Column. He then served in England with the B Sub-Depot, Westham. In 1918, he was trained in camouflage work in London with Frank Crozier, J. S. MacDonald and James Scott, and he was subsequently appointed as an Official War Artist working as officer in charge of camouflage for the 2nd Division AIF in France.

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Accession Number
ART19799
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: Watercolour with charcoal
Measurement
sheet: 25.4 cm x 35.4 cm
Medium
Watercolour with charcoal on paper
Date Made
14 June 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by Mrs Diana Francis 1982
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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