Place | Oceania: New Guinea1 |
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Accession Number | ART92271 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 9.7 x 14.4 cm; image: 5 x 13.6 cm |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | pen and black 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 |
Feathery fine bamboo
Description
Ink sketch of a bamboo tree branch, created near Johnson's Gap, Bulldog Road.
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.