"Gott in himmel! Those Australian fleas" Accession Number: ART03465.002

Description

A humorous illustration depicting two Australian tunnelling soldiers, breaking through their tunnel into a German one. A German soldier is relaxing against the wall the Australians are breaking through with a pipe and is exclaiming to God above that the Australians are as pesky as fleas.

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Accession Number
ART03465.002
Artist
Sapper Alexander Stone
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: ink on paper
Measurement
Overall: 25.9 cm x 20.2 cm
Medium
ink on paper
Date Made
1916
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired 1920
Copyright
Copyright unknown

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