Locomotive under repair during wartime

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville
Accession Number ART25552
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 40.5 x 30.5 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description lithographic colour on paper
Maker Curtis, R Emerson
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville
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

The workshop in Townsville was built in 1893; a solid structure with an elegant iron grille at each end - a contrast to present day prefabricated methods of building. Mount Stewart is visible in the background.