Object Details

Category
Art
Related period
Second World War (production), Second World War (content)
Creator
Piper, John
Production date
1942
Materials

Support: paper

medium: Watercolour

medium: ink

medium: gouache

Dimensions

Support: Height 445 mm, Width 645 mm

Frame: Depth 40, Height 663, Width 860

Frame, Overall Depth: Depth 50

Mount: Height 589 mm, Width 786 mm

Catalogue number
Art.IWM ART 16488

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