Object details

Category
Posters
Related period
First World War (content)
Creator
Unknown
Place made
India
Materials

Support: paper

medium: Watercolour

medium: letterpress

Dimensions

Support: Height 1017 mm, 683

Catalogue number
Art.IWM PST 12529

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