P01705.001 Accession Number: P01705.001

Description

Studio portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) George Courtney Benson in military uniform. An official war artist during the First World War, Lt Benson joined the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) in 1940 and worked until 1943 in painting camouflage.

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Accession Number
P01705.001
Photographer
Pegg Clarke
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
c 1941
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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