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An interesting and well-executed portrait in oil of Driver C E…
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Auckland
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5-Sep-2011
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An interesting and well-executed portrait in oil of Driver C E Davies, Nzasc, painted by Leonardo Pizzamelli (?) in Florence, Italy 1945 in a modern frame with notes brought forward verso including an inscription from the subject to his mother, the painting was done while Davies was with the New Zealand Casualty Clearing station. He is shown wearing the ribbon of the Africa star. Very few enlisted men would have had the resources to have such a portrait painted while on service and other than images by McIntyre, who largely chose his own subjects, there were few skilled portrait painters available to the 'Common’ solider. This work has clearly cost the sitter a reasonable sum. Charlie Davies was a veteran of north Africa and also Italy. It is believed he had had earlier service in Crete. He was presumably wounded in Italy, hence his recovery at the Ccs
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