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[Geoffrey Keith Townshend war sketches]

[Geoffrey Keith Townshend war sketches]

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQRk6KV1

[Geoffrey Keith Townshend war sketches]

About this item

Full title

[Geoffrey Keith Townshend war sketches]

Date

1916-1919

Call Numbers

PXA 383

Record Identifier

nQRk6KV1

Reference Code

69829

Formats

Physical Description

Contents

Drawings - 18.7 x 14 - 36 x 25.5 cm. - 1 portfolio, ca. 200 drawings (watercolour, pencil, ink and wash)

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Access and use

Copying Conditions

Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years

Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder<br>

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Sketches include cartoons, landscapes, portraits, camp and war scenes in France and Belgium

Alternative Titles

Full title

[Geoffrey Keith Townshend war sketches]

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

G. K. Townshend was a painter, illustrator and teacher. He served for three and a half years in World War I and drew cartoons for the trench paper, `Aussie' -- Encyclopedia of Australian Art / Alan McCulloch. Hawthorn, Vic. : Hutchinson Group (Australia), 1984
A bibliography of servicemen's and women's diaries of World War I is held in the Mitch...

Signature / Inscriptions

91 sketches are signed "G. K. Townshend"
84 sketches are signed "G.K.T."
Most of the sketches are dated and titled

Contextual Information

Source

Unknown

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

PXA 383

Record Identifier

nQRk6KV1

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Other Identifiers

Reference code

69829

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