IMAGE
Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp 1878-1922 :To the memory of our hero comrade 'Murphy' (Simpson) killed May 1915. Heroes of the Red Cross. Private Simpson, D.C.M., & his donkey at Anzac. Printed in England and published by W. J. Bryce, 24a Regent Street, London, S.W. 1. 1918.
- Date
- 1915 - 1918
- By
- Bryce Publishers Ltd; Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp, 1868-1922
- Reference
- C-057-002
- Description
Supposedly shows John "Murphy" Simpson Kirkpatrick leading a donkey along a cliff path. A wounded soldier is on the donkey. 'Simpson' is, in fact, Richard Alexander Henderson
The watercolour was copied by Moore-Jones from a photograph of a stretcher-bearer with the New Zealand Medical Corps, Richard Alexander Henderson. The photograph was taken by 3/210 Sergeant James Gardiner Jackson, New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
This reproduction is from the original watercolour in the Australian War Memorial Museum at Canberra. Another version is in the Auckland Art Gallery, and there is also a version at the Commerce Club of Auckland. Moore-Jones produced several versions, either on site in Gallipoli or once he was invalided back to Britain.
Other Titles - Spirit of Anzac
Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Photolithograph, coloured 340 x 255 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp 1878-1922 :Sketches made at Anzac during the occupation of that portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the Imperial Forces. London, Hugh Rees [1916] / Moore-Jones, Horace Millichamp 1878-1922 :Sketches made at Anzac during the occupation of that portion of the Gallipoli Peninsula by the Imperial Forces. London, Hugh Rees [1916]
- Format
- 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Works of art, Photolithograph, coloured 340 x 255 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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