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The shearer
Medium
plaster, stained and ebonised wood, glass
Measurements
39.6 × 39.7 × 7.8 cm
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
incised l.l.: J. SCURRY / -1881-
Accession Number
1996.199
Department
Australian Sculpture
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the F.S. Livingston Fund, 1996
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
The plaster figure group, a shearer bending over the left and shearing a sheep, is modelled in high relief within an integral square, plaster frame. The sculpture is contained within a glazed black-stained box with an ebonised wood frame mounted on the front.
Frame
Original, maker unknown.