| Place | Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | ART25606 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Image: 39.6 x 32.6 cm (sight) (mounted); Overall: 39.6 x 32.6 cm (sight) |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | lithographic pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Curtis, R Emerson |
| Place made | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
Joe the axeman (Joseph Fletcher)
Description
Depicts a portrait of Joseph Ethelbert Fletcher, timber feller, who felled kauri pine in the forests of North Queensland and had earlier driven bulldozers for the American Army.