- Object type
- Prints and Drawings
- Date
- Production: September 1942
- Artist
- Zinkeisen Doris
- Subject(s)
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General History
British Red Cross
Joint Committee
Joint War Organisation
Second World War
St John Ambulance
St John Ambulance Brigade
Fundraising
Prisoner of War - Associated organisation
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Joint War Organisation
British Red Cross (1870 - present) - Associated activity
- War
- Associated event
- War: Second World War (1 September 1939 - 2 September 1945)
- Inscriptions
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recto: Doris Zinkeisen
- Dimensions
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Height x width (paper size): 535 x 745mm
Height x width x depth (framed size): 682 x 870 x 20mm - Materials and technique
- Watercolour, pencil and gouache on paper
- Production place
- England
- References
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Kelleway, Philip. Highly Desirable: The Zinkeisen Sisters And Their Legacy. Leiston: Leiston Press. 2008.
Kelleway, Philip, Emma Roodhouse and Nicola Evans. The Art of Doris & Anna Zinkeisen. London: Unicorn. 2021.
Page 131, Figure 3.56
Adam-Suter, Mehzebin. Doris Zinkeisen and the British Red Cross: Brushstrokes from the front lines. British Red Cross, 2025.
Page 46 - Provenance
- Purchased from Murray Johnstone, 1993
- Exhibition history
- Brushstrokes from the Front Lines: Doris Zinkeisen and the British Red Cross , Oxo Gallery, 8 May 2025-11 May 2025
- Catalogue number
- SJA1867.6
Preparing parcels for British Prisoners of War
St John Ambulance and British Red Cross volunteers packed and sent parcels filled with food, clothing and essential medical supplies to prisoners of war during the Second World War. Doris Zinkeisen recorded these volunteering activities in a series of watercolours sketches for 3-dimensional dioramas that travelled around the country to help fundraise for the Joint War Organisation.
