Maid of all work

Maid of all work
 (c. 1891)

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
125.4 × 76.0 cm
Place/s of Execution
(Paris / Melbourne)
Accession Number
62-2
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1900
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Daily Life Human Figures Labour, Industry and Machinery
Subjects (specific)
brooms (maintenance tools) cookware domesticity labour pans (containers) washing (cleaning) white (colour) women (female humans)

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Essay
Constance Jenkins, her painting Friendly critics and the National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship

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