BRICK

BRICK

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
small brick from Roman mines
Accession Number
1025I.3-D1A
Department
Antiquities
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Sir Redmond Barry, 1877
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Gallery location
Not on display

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