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  • Street Merchant, Mombasa, December 1941 Street Merchant, Mombasa, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: A sketch of a spice seller, wearing a turban and loin cloth, with bowls of spice and miniature scales.

  • Fruit Seller, Mombasa, December 1941 Fruit Seller, Mombasa, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: Reproduction of an ink sketch showing a fruit seller, wearing a turban and sarong. He is sitting on the ground and holding a thin stick in his right hand, his elbows resting on his knees. To his left is a large wicker basket containing fruit,...

  • Cape Town: In the Green Market, December 1941 Cape Town: In the Green Market, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: A sketch of a scene in a vegetable market, Cape Town. There are group of men standing, talking on the left of the composition; a young boy selling newspapers; two women, one veiled and carrying a string of fish, the other handing a basket to a...

  • The Fruit Cart, Cape Town, December 1941 The Fruit Cart, Cape Town, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: A scene showing the corner of a street. From left to right: a lamp-post in an island in the middle of the road with children sitting underneath; a horse-drawn fruit cart with a man standing at the horse's head and children hanging on to the tail-...

  • Green Market, Cape Town, December 1941 Green Market, Cape Town, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: A sketch of a horse-drawn cart with a cage of chickens in the back and driver up front. There is also a woman carrying a large load on her head who is accompanied by a small child.

  • Fruit Seller, Mombasa, December 1941 Fruit Seller, Mombasa, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: A sketch of a fruit seller and his stall set up in front of a building with two windows, both with metal grilles. The stallholder wears a fez and sits on an orange box, a woven basket at his feet. A veiled woman with a child looks at the produce...

  • Cape Town: Girl with a String of Fish, December 1941 Cape Town: Girl with a String of Fish, December 1941

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1941-12-01

    image: A sketch of a young African woman, barefoot and carrying a string of fish. annotated verso: 'Girl with a string of fish Fishmarket Cape Town'

  • Singapore: The cookhouse, Changi Gaol. British POW's prepare their main meal of rice. Singapore: The cookhouse, Changi Gaol. British POW's prepare their main meal of rice.

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1946

    image: Interior of a FEPOW cookhouse showing emaciated men stirring rice soaking in enamel baths, with other men carrying heavy iron pans filled with rice

  • Journey by Train from Singapore to Thailand to the 'Rest Camp' Journey by Train from Singapore to Thailand to the 'Rest Camp'

    (art) Made by: Rawlings, Leo

    image: open-topped train carriages containing prisoners-of-war, many of whom are holding out their arms for food from the people by the side of the railway, who are in the bottom left of the composition. A steam engine is directly behind the carriage to...

  • Ayer Hitam, Malaya, 21 January 1942 Ayer Hitam, Malaya, 21 January 1942

    (art) Made by: Searle, Ronald William Fordham 1942-01-21

    image recto: A sketch drawn from the artist's canvas bed with his legs in the lower right of the composition. There is a pile of fruit, including a pineapple, at the bottom of the bed, and a large bunch of bananas on the floor to his left. A mosquito net...

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