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826014
  • Title
    [Anzac Cove looking south, May 1915] / watercolour by Gilbert Patrick Hoskins
  • Creator
  • Call number
    SV/153
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    May 1915
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    826014
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    1 watercolour - 11.6 x 28.5 cm. inside mount - framed
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Gilbert Patrick Hoskins was a private in the 9th Battalion AIF, part of the covering force for the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He produced a number of watercolours recording Allied naval operations from a viewpoint at an elevated post ashore.
  • Scope and Content
    Shows a battleship near the shore, framed by a valley (possibly Shrapnel Gully), and the terrain looking south along the Gallipoli coastline.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    This view resembles another by Hoskins (SV*/Wor W I/7) which shows the Royal Navy ship HMS Triumph at anchor on 24 May 1915, the day before her sinking (within view of the ANZAC trenches) by a German submarine. It is possible this drawing is also of HMS Triumph.
    State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I pictorial material
    Digital order no:a9212001
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Signed 'Gil. P. Hoskins' in brushpoint at lower right
  • Date note

    Undated; dated from other drawings by Hoskins showing known incidents at the same location
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