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Accession Number | ART19772 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 55.9 cm x 19.2 cm x 27 cm |
Object type | Sculpture |
Physical description | plaster, painted |
Maker |
Boyd, Merric |
Place made | Australia: Victoria |
Date made | 1920 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
The old digger
Description
Plaster cast statue of an Australian soldier of the Australian Imperial Force. The soldier is an infantryman is wearing a slouch hat, greatcoat with collar turned up, gas mask and box respirator on chest, with a canvas haversack on his back. He is resting on blocks of masonry at the Western Front.