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RANCHI in the Suez Canal

AC/02119/00

Object category: PAINTING

Date made: 1927

Maker: PEARS, Charles

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Material/medium: Oil on canvas with pencil

Dimensions:

  • Outside Frame: 125 cm x 173.5 cm x 7 cm; Sight: 96.2 cm x 146.685 cm; Slip: 3.5 cm

This painting was used in an advertising poster produced by the Empire Marketing Board in 1927. A copy of the poster exists in the National Archives.