Boiler cleaner, HMAS Cairns, Bombay

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Accession Number ART21274
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 37.1 x 61.2 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description carbon pencil with coloured crayon on paper
Maker Norton, Frank
Place made India: Bombay
Date made 1943
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

HMAS "Cairns" alongside the dockyard wall of Royal Indian Dockland, Bombay. Secured to "Cairns" are HMS "Tulip" (English corvette) and HMIS "Madras" (Australian-built corvette of Indian Navy). Left foregroun, part of the Gateway to India and the Taj Mahal Hotel, a well-known Bombay landmark, India.

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