Lives of the First World War

Search Our Collections Art and Popular Design Books and Publications Documents Exhibits Film Photographs Sound Museum Administrative Records Managing Our Collections "Miss Penrose, MM, QMAAC Administrator; Superintending French labour on camouflage at Aire." - Miss Penrose who is featured in this painting, is actually artist, who worked as an Administrator. the interior of a large shed and a group of eleven women working on wooden frames holding camouflage netting. The women are tying on green rags which are stored in baskets in the centre area. They are supervised by another woman in a grey QMAAC uniform, who is standing on the left and holding a roll of paper. Above the workgroup a large piece of grey green material hangs from the rafters.

citation - 1919 MM