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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2009/115:003 Creator E.H. Marcuse DescriptionAustralian Armed Forces instructional poster. The poster is an original hand painted water colour with black ink line work and text. It is titled “Lines of Fire, Figure 10.” It is showing in diagrammatic form artillery firing danger zones. On the bottom right hand side the service number of V377746 belonging to Private E. H. Marcuse stationed at Bonegilla Victoria. On the bottom left side in pale blue ink the words “rough sketch only!”are written. Ernst Marcuse (1900-1985) was a commercial artist and illustrator who came to Australia in 1939. He produced many war illustrations for The Argus Newspaper and joined the Australian Army where he produced many visual aid material for training and illustrating for Army publications. Production placeAustralia Production date 1939 - 1945 Subjectart, refugees, drawings, ilustrations, Australian Army, artist, war artists Object nameposters Materialpaper Techniquedrawn Dimensions length: 378.00 mm width: 558.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Peter Marcuse

Object numberM2009/115:003

Creator E.H. Marcuse

DescriptionAustralian Armed Forces instructional poster. The poster is an original hand painted water colour with black ink line work and text. It is titled “Lines of Fire, Figure 10.” It is showing in diagrammatic form artillery firing danger zones. On the bottom right hand side the service number of V377746 belonging to Private E. H. Marcuse stationed at Bonegilla Victoria. On the bottom left side in pale blue ink the words “rough sketch only!”are written. Ernst Marcuse (1900-1985) was a commercial artist and illustrator who came to Australia in 1939. He produced many war illustrations for The Argus Newspaper and joined the Australian Army where he produced many visual aid material for training and illustrating for Army publications.

Production placeAustralia

Production date 1939 - 1945

Subjectart, refugees, drawings, ilustrations, Australian Army, artist, war artists

Object nameposters

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Peter Marcuse

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