Drawing for dinkus for "Proof of camouflage"

Place Oceania: New Guinea1
Accession Number ARTI04150
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 19.6 x 16.8 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and black ink on paper
Maker Belcher, Douglas Leonard
Date made 1943 - 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

Depicts a cow chewing on camouflage netting instead of grass, making a humorous reference to the effective use of camouflage during the Second World War. This illustration was made for 'Salt', a small journal that informed and entertained Australian servicemen and women during the Second World War.