New South Wales Mounted Rifles Accession Number: ART15033

Description

1905; three men from troop of NSWMR firing rifles from behind log, fourth member of troop is acting as horse holder in the left middle ground, members of another troop are visible in background (Mounted Rifles, Mounted Infantry, Light Horsemen, etc, rode their horses to the scene of the action, dismounted and fought on foot as ordinary infantry), NSWMR wear plumes of black cockerel in their hats

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Accession Number
ART15033
Artist
Percy Spence
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on kauri pine panel
Measurement
Framed: 49.5 cm x 69.7 cm x 5 cm
Unframed: 30 cm x 50.9 cm
Medium
oil on kauri pine panel
Date Made
1905
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Purchased 1952
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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