New South Wales at Vet River Accession Number: ART19674

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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 depicts NSW troops advancing on Boer positions on the Vet River.

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Accession Number
ART19674
Artist
Norman H. Hardy
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brush and ink with wash heightened with white, over pendil
Measurement
Overall
Medium
brush and ink with wash, heightened with white, over pencil
Date Made
c.1901
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
presented in 1958
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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