V Beach, Sedd el Bahr

V Beach, Sedd el Bahr

Cape Helles (Gallipoli)
Landscape
People
Architecture (object genre)

Col. Hughes, Col. Nangle and Lt. Marr (centre) near the Old Fort of Sedd el Bahr at Cape Helles

Attributed to Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933)

First World War Memorials sub-collection, Lantern Slide Collection, Art History & Theory Visual Resources Collection

c.1920–1925

No known copyright restrictions

LS.01.0046

B & w transparency, lantern slide

Photographic emulsion, paper, glass

82.5 x 82.5 x 3mm (w x h x d)

65 x 69mm (w x h) approx. framed by internal mat

"Gallipoli V Beach", top slide edge

"18", top of mat, face

Cape Helles
Gallipoli (Turkey)

Samuel Hurst Seager (1855–1933)
Thomas Nangle (1899–1972)
E. T. Marr (1891–1977)

First World War Memorials

'The Old Fort looking over Plain of Troy. "V" Beach is slightly to the left. Col.Hughes, Col.Nangle & Lt.Marr , a N.Z.Draughtsman engaged on cemetery work. The boat is passing along outward course of steamers, which is further from the land than theiinward [sic] course.'
Seager, 'Report on Visit to Gallipoli,' 1921, Collection of Macmillan Brown Library, MB1863/0017-0031, 0033-0040