Australian (New South Wales) Infantry marching into camp at Souakim Accession Number: ART91491

Description

Australian soldiers marching into camp at Souakim, being greeted and cheered by British-Indian troops. On the hills behind the soldiers tents can be seen, and British-Indian soldiers tend small fires in the distance. An Australian soldier refills his water flask in the lower left corner, from one of two buckets held by a British soldier. British-Indian soldiers in the centre left are holding flags. The New South Wales contingent which had been previously attached to the Shropshire infantry marched into Suakin, a port in northeast Sudan, on March 29 1885.

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Accession Number
ART91491
Artist
Unknown
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Measurement
sheet: 51.4 x 62.8 cm
Medium
lithograph printed in black ink, hand-coloured in gouache on paper
Date Made
c1885
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 2001
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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