End page of the folio of drypoints and one watercolour from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 Accession Number: ART90933.033

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This is the end page of a folio of drypoints and one watercolour from drawings made in captivity 1942-1945 on the Burma-Thailand railway. The folio of drypoints were made from the original drawings that Ray Parkin entrusted to Weary Dunlop while they were prisoners of war (POWs) together on the Burma-Thailand railway. Dunlop delivered the collection of drawings and paintings to Parkin on his return to Melbourne. As an expression of gratitude to Dunlop for hiding the drawings at great risk to his own safety, Parkin proceeded to make prints of the drawings and presented them to Dunlop in a bound folio in 1956. A single watercolour, dated 1943, is the only original painting from Parkin's POW experience to be included in the folio.

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Accession Number
ART90933.033
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Overall
Medium
pen and black ink on watercolour paper
Date Made
1943-1956
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by the Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Estate through the Cultural Gifts Program 1999
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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