Pearce smiles Accession Number: ART90496

Description

Various ragtime sketches of nurses and soldiers in both uniform and pyjamas. Most are faceless, and the hips are exaggerated on the uniformed soldiers. Done as part of a series called the 'Ragtime sketches round the 47th General Hospital, France.'

This drawing is attributed to Louis Vasco - the artist's given name was Vasco Loureiro but he enlisted as Louis Vasco and has signed his name 'Vasco', 'Spr Vasco'.

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Accession Number
ART90496
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: crayon and water colour with yellow crayon over pencil on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 34.6 x 20.6 cm
Medium
crayon and water colour with yellow crayon over pencil on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by Captain W H Simmonds, 1962
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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