HMAS Sydney and HMAS Brisbane at HMAS Stirling WA, 19/11/90 enroute to the Gulf Accession Number: ART29486

Description

Depicts two vessels, HMAS Sydney and HMAS Brisbane, a guided missile frigate and a destroyer , alongside the wharf at shore station HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, on their way to the Middle East , at the beginning of the First Gulf War. An unidentified naval vessel (a tug) is beside the ships. Lynne Norton is the daughter of Second World War and Korea official artist, Frank Norton.

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Accession Number
ART29486
Artist
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: oil pastel with pencil on blue paper
Measurement
Overall: 39.4 cm x 54.6 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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