Evacuation of wounded: Main dressing station Accession Number: ART41031

Description

Sixth in the series of nine dioramas depicting the scheme of evacuation practised at the Battle of Messines in France.

Details

Accession Number
ART41031
Artist
Wallace Anderson
Cast by
Modelling Sub-section, Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne
Artist
Lieutenant Louis Frederick McCubbin
Classification
Art
Object Type
Diorama
Physical Description
Medium: figures: composite lead with paint; background: oil with synthetic polymer paint on fibrous plaster; background: plaster over wood and wire with wood, vegetable matter, metal, canvas and paint
Measurement
Overall
Medium
figures: composite lead with paint; background: synthetic polymer paint over oil on fibrous plaster; background: plaster over wood and wire with wood, vegetable matter, metal, canvas and paint
Date Made
1923-1924
Place Made
Melbourne
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under commission 1924
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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