Study for Bringing up the guns; verso: not titled [study of figure carrying rifle]

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Accession Number ART90098
Collection type Art
Measurement sheet: 57.2 x 69.6 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description charcoal on paper
Maker Butler-George, May
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made 1919-1925
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: AWM Licensed copyright

Description

A study for Butler-George's plaster and bronze panels titled 'Bringing up the guns' (ART90084 and ART90405). The principal drawing depicts two Australian soldiers straining on ropes to haul artillery into position. The left side of the verso contains a study of a soldier carrying a rifle.