Washing carboys

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney
Accession Number ART22121
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 48 x 38.3 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal, sepia conte crayon, white gouache on paper
Maker Heysen, Nora
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Sydney
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A pathologist from the Australian Army Medical Corps, 2nd Australian Blood and Serum Preparation Unit, washing carboys. Carboys are large glass or plastic bottles, usually encased in a protective basket or crate and often used to hold corrosive liquids.