Carrier clean-up, Graving Dock, Sydney Accession Number: ART28139

Description

Depicts bows of ship, men on rafts below cleaning ship's sides with long handled brushes; dockside and crane in distance. The artist has added touches of shading in biro ink since.

Details

Accession Number
ART28139
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: blue ink, biro ink on paper
Measurement
sheet: 37.6 x 25.2 cm
Medium
blue ink, biro ink on paper
Date Made
1945
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1977
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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