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Mersa Matruh. View of the desert

Mersa Matruh. View of the desert
 (1941-1942)

Medium
watercolour and pen and ink
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Government, 1948
© The Estate of Edward Bawden
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
watercolour and pen and ink
Measurements
25.0 × 59.8 cm (image and sheet)
Place/s of Execution
North Africa
Inscription
inscribed (diagonally) in pen and brown ink l.r.: Edward Bawden
Accession Number
1833-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the British Government, 1948
© The Estate of Edward Bawden
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
deserts dunes Egypt (nation) flat landscapes Sahara (desert) sand sand areas

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