Painting tins for mortar shells (High Explosives Section, Commonwealth explosives factory, Maribyrnong)

Place Oceania: Australia, Victoria, Melbourne, Maribyrnong
Accession Number ART22573
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 48.2 x 30.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description pen and ink with pencil on paper
Maker Craig, Sybil
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Depicts a sketch of a woman painting tins for mortor shells, each tin contain 12 shells which were packed in 3 carriers. High Explosives Factory, Maribyrnong, Victoria. It is likely the subject of this work is Mrs Shugg, as depicted in Craig's painting of the same title (ART23702).

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