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George BROWNING
Marsupial mother
Medium
oil on paper on cardboard
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© National Gallery of Victoria
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Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Medium
oil on paper on cardboard
Measurements
20.0 × 27.4 cm
Inscription
inscribed in black paint
l.l.:
G. Browning
inscribed in pen and ink on paper label on reverse
c.:
GEORGE BROWNING / 99 CAMPBELL ST HEATHMONT, VIC. / WU 7077 / MARSUPIAL MOTHER
Accession Number
347-5
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1959
© National Gallery of Victoria
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals
Subjects (specific)
bandicoot
marsupials
mothers
shelters (single built works)
tunnels
underground (positional attribute)
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