'Yank' Larkin Accession Number: ART91881

Description

Garvey's cartoon portrait of 'Yank' Larkin, from a series of thirty-six pencil drawings made in Syria, Palestine and Lebanon in 1942 of members of 15 Platoon 'C' Company, 2/32 Battalion, Lebanon 1942. Larkin, with wavy, slicked-down hair and looking like a skeleton, is heading towards the dentist.

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Accession Number
ART91881
Maker
Private Joe Garvey
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 25 cm x 21.2 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented 2002
Copyright
Unlicensed copyright

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