Evacuation of wounded: Casualty clearing station Accession Number: ART41032

Description

Seventh in the series of nine dioramas depicting the scheme of evacuation practised at the Battle of Messines in France. This model shows a Casualty Clearing Station where the wounded received further treatment and emergency operations were performed as patients were brought from the front line.

Details

Accession Number
ART41032
Cast by
Modelling Sub-section, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
Classification
Art
Object Type
Diorama
Physical Description
Medium: figures: composite lead with paint; background: oil and synthetic polymer paint on fibrous plaster; background: plaster over wood and wire armature with wire, vegetable matter, metal, canvas and synthetic polymer paint
Measurement
Overall
Medium
figures: composite lead with paint; background: synthetic polymer paint over oil on fibrous plaster; modelling: plaster over wood and wire armature with wire, vegetable matter, metal, canvas and synthetic polymer paint
Date Made
1923-1924
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under commission 1924
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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