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Study for 'Making the Best Of It'

Study for 'Making the Best Of It'
 (1874)

Medium
pen and ink (brown)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink (brown)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Accession Number
2676-4
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1951
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
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
cartoons (humorous images) craftsmen discussions (events) line drawings (drawings) sketches street scenes studies (visual works) workers
Movements
Victorian

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