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Corsican laundress

Corsican laundress
 (1934)

Medium
wood-engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs E. J. Quirk, 1971
© Estate of Clare Leighton
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
wood-engraving
Measurements
12.1 × 7.6 cm irreg. (image) 19.1 × 14.1 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 255
Edition
ed. 4/25
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.l.: 4/25 Corsican laundress
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Clare Leighton.
Accession Number
P18-1971
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mrs E. J. Quirk, 1971
© Estate of Clare Leighton
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Labour, Industry and Machinery Landscapes
Subjects (specific)
baskets (containers) headscarves labour laundresses walking waterfronts women (female humans)

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