Accession Number | ART92324 |
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Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 13.8 x 18.1 cm; image: 11.7 x 15 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pen and ink on paper |
Maker |
Browning, George Julian |
Place made | New Guinea1 |
Date made | 1944 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright |
recto: Sketches of leaves; verso: [incomplete sketch]
Description
Depicts three groups of leaves.
Browning was commissioned to gather visual information along the Kokado track for the production of a series of dioramas back in Australia. In order to capture the details of the tropical environment Browning created a combination of watercolours sketches along with a series pen and pencil drawings. His decision to use pen and pencil was made to more accurately record botanical details that the blobbiness of watercolour might miss.