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The shearer

The shearer
1881

Medium
plaster, stained and ebonised wood, glass

Measurements
39.6 × 39.7 × 7.8 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the F.S. Livingston Fund, 1996

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria

Inscription
incised l.l.: J. SCURRY / -1881-

Accession Number
1996.199

Department
Australian Sculpture

Physical description
The plaster figure group, a shearer bending over the left and shearing a sheep, is modelled in high relief within an integral square, plaster frame. The sculpture is contained within a glazed black-stained box with an ebonised wood frame mounted on the front.

Frame
Original, maker unknown.