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Australia's coal
1929
Medium
pen, brush and ink and pencil
Measurements
33.8 × 52.0 cm (comp.) 50.8 × 54.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Hugh McCubbin, 1960
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink (in image) l.r.: Will Dyson
inscribed in pencil l.c.l.: Shut in the mine. / Our Coal: "Will they never get me out this!" Aust's greatest mine Disaster
inscribed in pencil l.l.: Hundreds & thousands of ton & coal is imprisoned in our mine (upward arrow) / through the failure of masters and men to agree and / with no immediate hope of release
inscribed in pencil l.r.: 3 cols / Leader Page / Today.
inscribed in pencil on reverse u.c.r.: Herald / 20/7/29
Accession Number
686.6-5
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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