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Wood duck

Wood duck
 (c. 1857)

Medium
oil on canvas
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
© Public Domain
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Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia

Artwork Details

Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
63.5 × 53.9 cm
Place/s of Execution
Gippsland, Victoria
Inscription
inscribed in brown paint l.l.: W.Dexter. Gipps land / Victoria
inscribed in brown paint l.r.: Wood Duck
Accession Number
1240-3
Department
Australian Painting
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1922
© Public Domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Gallery 5
Level 2, NGV Australia
Subjects (general)
Animals Botanical
Subjects (specific)
deaths ducks (birds) feathers (animal components) hunting leaf (plant material) trees
Frame
Original, maker unknown, surface not original

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