Working in the snow, Australian Forestry Unit, Scotland Accession Number: ART26918

Description

Depicts members of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force, Royal Australian Engineers, Forestry Units, moving felled logs in the snow. The artist inscribed on the work that this was the workers' "first snow". Also featured is one Honduran woodsman, British Honduras Forestry Unit, who were also deployed to Scotland to provide valuable resources for the war effort.

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Accession Number
ART26918
Artist
Sheila Hawkins
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: crayon with watercolour and gouache, heightened with white
Measurement
Overall: 56 cm x 76.6 cm
Medium
crayon, watercolour, gouache on paper
Date Made
1942
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
purchased 1951
Copyright
AWM Licensed copyright

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