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Knockaloe Internment Camp notice

Date made: 1916

Description: A Knockaloe Camp 'notice'. A hand drawn pen and ink design with watercolour wash. The design is of vegetables (bottom of notice), pots, bushes and climbing plants on trellis (at side of notice), a garland and 'August 1916' 'Ehren Urkunde' at the top with four flags intertwined into a bow. The flags include the flag of Turkey. The notice was produced for the camp garden for Camp IV (4) Compund 3 and appears to have been signed by the Gardens committee (?). The notice was framed by donor's grandfather, Mr Gelling (Tom?) who worked at the camp. The notice has a Bregazzi label on back of frame 38.5 x 28.7 cm.

Measurements: overall: 38.5 cm x 28.7 cm

Materials: cardboard

Object name: notice

Collection: Art Collection

ID number: 1991-0055

Subject tags : #WW1INTERNMENTMUSEUMCOLLECTIONS

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