[Anzac Cove looking south, May 1915] / watercolour by Gilbert Patrick Hoskins
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[Anzac Cove looking south, May 1915] / watercolour by Gilbert Patrick Hoskins
[Anzac Cove looking south, May 1915] / watercolour by Gilbert Patrick Hoskins
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
May 1915
Call Numbers
SV/153
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 watercolour - 11.6 x 28.5 cm. inside mount - framed
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Digitised
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Shows a battleship near the shore, framed by a valley (possibly Shrapnel Gully), and the terrain looking south along the Gallipoli coastline.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Anzac Cove looking south, May 1915] / watercolour by Gilbert Patrick Hoskins
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This view resembles another by Hoskins (SV*/Wor W I/7) which shows the Royal Navy ship HMS Triumph at anchor on 24 May 1915, the day before her sinking (within view of the ANZAC trenches) by a German submarine. It is possible this drawing is also of HMS Triumph.
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I pictorial material
Digital order no:a9212001...
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed 'Gil. P. Hoskins' in brushpoint at lower right
Date note
Undated; dated from other drawings by Hoskins showing known incidents at the same location
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased May 2008
Administrative / Biographical history
Gilbert Patrick Hoskins was a private in the 9th Battalion AIF, part of the covering force for the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He produced a number of watercolours recording Allied naval operations from a viewpoint at an elevated post ashore.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/153
Record Identifier
94RxMKB1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/94RxMKB1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
826014
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