Getting a good hearing Accession Number: ART03458

Description

An illustration depicting what may happen to a soldier from the Tunnelling Company having returned from the First World War home to Australia. He is in a pub with two civilians and a barmaid listening to his depictions of the war. This is how the soldiers must have hoped to be received at home after the war.

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Accession Number
ART03458
Artist
Sapper Alexander Stone
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: ink on paper
Measurement
Overall: 20.2 cm x 25.9 cm
Medium
ink on paper
Date Made
1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1920
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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