Sydney Jewish Museum Collection

Sidebar content	Main content
Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2009/115:015 Creator E.H. Marcuse DescriptionFront page of the Argus Pictorial Supplement, Tuesday February 20, 1940. The Argus was a Melbourne newspaper. Page 2 of the supplement shows an illustration by Marcuse titled “Torpedoes, Man’s deadliest Naval Weapons.” These illustrations show the loading and firing of a torpedo. Marcuse’s signature appears on this page on the top right of the lower right illustration. 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 1940-02-20 Subjectart, refugees, drawings, ilustrations, artist, war artists Object namenewspapers Materialpaper Techniquedrawn Dimensions length: 470.00 mm width: 310.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Peter Marcuse

Object numberM2009/115:015

Creator E.H. Marcuse

DescriptionFront page of the Argus Pictorial Supplement, Tuesday February 20, 1940. The Argus was a Melbourne newspaper. Page 2 of the supplement shows an illustration by Marcuse titled “Torpedoes, Man’s deadliest Naval Weapons.” These illustrations show the loading and firing of a torpedo. Marcuse’s signature appears on this page on the top right of the lower right illustration. 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 1940-02-20

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

Object namenewspapers

Materialpaper

Techniquedrawn

Dimensions

Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr Peter Marcuse

Item request date
Expected return date
Destination