Smiler Accession Number: ART00194.023

Description

Depicts a head and shoulders portrait of a young British soldier, Private Albert Barker (No. 355751; B. Company, 7th Reserve, London Battery), "who was given the job of cutting up dressings for the operating theatres. A very young British soldier. He is our ward mascotte (sic) & earns his tucker by cutting up dressings for the theatre & by keeping the wards alive. He hails from Peckham." (Artist's description)

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Accession Number
ART00194.023
Artist
John Hepburn Cadell
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on paper
Measurement
sheet: 18.4 x 25.2 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
December 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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