Unbound sketchbook containing eight sheets of black paper tied with black cord Accession Number: ART91553

Description

A sketchbook containing eight pages of black paper, with Japanese characters in white on each page. Attached to the black paper are pencil on paper sketches of botanical drawings. The drawings were done by Mrs. Shizu Ueki. Shizu Ueki is a Japanese nurse who worked as a civilian nurse with the 8th Naval Hospital in Rabaul, New Guinea from 1942-43. She presented a photo album containing photographs, pencil and watercolour sketches and pressed flower specimens to the War Memorial in 2001.

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Accession Number
ART91553
Artist
Shizu Ueki
Classification
Art
Object Type
Sketchbook
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 20 cm x 25.4 cm
Medium
black paper, pencil on paper, black cord, metal cord ends
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Parent
Item Count
17
Credit Line
presented 2001
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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