Mosque Mohammed Ali

Places
Accession Number ART09447.003
Collection type Art
Measurement Sheet: 13 x 8.9 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pencil on paper
Maker Elliott, Dudley Marwood
Place made Egypt
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A small sketch of the buildings of the Mohammad Ali mosque in Egypt. The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.