• Title
  'Souvenir of Egypt', a decorative silk panel, 1914-1918
• Call number
  LR 107
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1914-1918
• Type of material
  Objects, Ephemera
• Reference code
  1269592
• Physical Description
  1 decorative panel - cream silk with colour screen-print - 46.5 x 50 cm (silk); 52.5 x 56 cm (including tassels)
  
• Scope and Content
  A colour screen print, cream silk decorative panel with linked tassels knotted around the edge.
  
  Titled bottom right "Souvenir of Egypt", the centrepiece shows a view of the Nile to the Pyramids with palm trees, camels and local people. The border is edged with 6 draped flags and oval portraits of the leaders of the allied forces. The Australian Blue Ensign on the bottom edge has only 5 five-pointed stars.
  
  The oval images and flags, from the top-centre in clockwise order:
  Egyptian flag, Sultan of Egypt, Hussein Kamel
  British flag, King George V
  Italian flag, King Victor Emmanuel III
  Belgium flag, Albert I, King of the Belgiums
  Russian flag, Tsar Nicholas II
  French flag, President Raymond Poincare
  
  Text below Australia flag:
  Heaven's light our guide, Rule Britania [ie Britannia], Evil be to him who evil thinks, God Save the King.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Copyright status:: Out of copyright
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Name
  George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
  
• Subject
  World War, 1914-1918.
  World War, 1914-1918--Egypt.
  Souvenirs (Keepsakes).
  Kings and rulers.
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  war souvenirs
  silk-screen prints
  flags
  pyramids
  camels
  Egyptians
  portraits
  decorative art
  
• Place
  Egypt
  Nile River (Egypt)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE13626349

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