Guardsman; verso: Nurse
Art ARTI00421 First World War, 1914-1918Guardsman wearing uniform with peaked hat, smoking a cigarette; verso: First World War nurse in uniform.
[Nurse] Accession Number: ART00194.010
Description
Portrait of an unidentified young First World War nurse in full uniform, wearing a red cape. She is depicted against a blue background, decorated with fleur-de-lis. The artist's notation verso is that is "not a portrait". Private J.H. Cadell, served at the 2nd Australian General Hospital with the A.I.F in France. Some 2,692 Australian nurses volunteered with the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) serving at Australian General Hospitals in Egypt in 1914-15, at Gallipoli, on the Western Front in 1917, at Salonica in Greece, in India and on troopships and hospital ships during the First World War.
Details
Accession Number
ART00194.010
Artist
John Hepburn Cadell
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: watercolour on paper
Measurement
sheet: 18.4 x 25.2 cm
image: 22 x 14.8 cm
image: 22 x 14.8 cm
Medium
watercolour on paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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