P02205.002 Accession Number: P02205.002

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Bringing up the Guns, Mont St Quentin, August 8 1918, a bronze casting of a bas-relief sculpture by the Australian sculptor May Butler-George. The artist worked out of a studio at the St Kilda drill hall between 1919 and 1926; during this period she produced designs for the 2nd Australian Division memorial at Mont St Quentin, France. This casting was produced at the foundry of A Rudier of Paris.

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Accession Number
P02205.002
Photographer
Souillard Studio
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1925
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donor E. Evans
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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