The mobile blacksmith

Place Oceania: Australia, Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Accession Number ART21427
Collection type Art
Measurement Overall: 24.6 x 31.1 cm
Object type Work on paper
Physical description carbon, pen and wash on paper
Maker Abbott, Harold
Place made Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Atherton Tableland, Atherton
Date made 1944
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Showing the interior of the 2/9 Australian Armoured Regiment mobile blacksmith truck with a craftsman using the heavy pedestal grinder. The cylinder on the left is an acetylene generator for welding. The forge and the anvil have been lifted out of the truck and can be seen on the left. In the right foreground is a 60-ton press.