Medium
pen and ink, blue ink wash and pencil
Measurements
24.0 × 17.1 cm (comp.) 37.0 × 27.0 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of the artist, 2000
© John Spooner
Gallery location
Not on display
Inscription
inscribed in brush and blue ink (within comp.) l.r.: SPOONER
inscribed in pencil u.r.: Aborigines / Republic / unemployment (line through unemployment) / our place in / the world / IR. / Rep. / IR. / unemployment / F.D. / Unemployment (line under oyme) / FO...illeg. Debt (Debt underlined) / Family (Family underlined) / Reb
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Dark / Bromide / Please / J. S. / E / 805 / Keating as / the jolly swagman / 47. D6
stamped on reverse l.r.: - 1 MAY 1993
Accession Number
2000.112
Department
Australian Prints & Drawings
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