HMAS Sydney refuelling at HMAS Stirling, WA, 19/11/90 enroute to the Gulf Accession Number: ART29485

Description

Depicts the ship HMAS Sydney , a RAN guided missile frigate, alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirling, on its way to the Middle East at the beginning of the First Gulf War. An unidentified RAN support ship is in the background. Lynne Norton is the daughter of Second World War and Korea official artist, Frank Norton.

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Accession Number
ART29485
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: oil pastel with pencil on blue paper
Measurement
Overall: 39.6 cm x 52 cm
Medium
oil pastel with pencil on blue paper
Date Made
1990
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
purchased 1991
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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