D--n Accession Number: ART19673

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One of a series of illustrations reproduced in a book by Frank Wilkinson, 'Australia at the front: A colonial view of the Boer War', John Long, London, 1901. Hardy based his illustrations on sketches and photographs by the author who was a special war correspondent in South Africa. It shows men rescuing collapsed tents from floodwaters.

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Accession Number
ART19673
Artist
Norman H. Hardy
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brush and ink with wash heightened with white, with pencil on cardboard
Measurement
Overall: 21.6 cm x 12.6 cm
Medium
brush and ink with wash, heightened with white, with pencil on cardboard
Date Made
c 1901
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
donated 1980
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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