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Accession Number | ART19882 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | sheet: 40.6 x 28.2 cm; image: 30.4 x 21.6 cm |
Object type | |
Physical description | wood engraving |
Maker |
George Rossi Ashton The Illustrated Australian News |
Date made | 1885 |
Conflict |
Sudan, 1885 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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The departure of the New South Wales troops
Description
Series of drawings published in the Illustrated Australian News, top l-r: officers in full and undress uniforms, stables for horses on board SS Australian, members of Artillery and Infantry, middle l-r: troops marching out from Barracks on way to embark, woman holding rifle while infantryman holds child, bottom l-r: woman farewelling ships, one of the troopships, surrounded by small craft, sailing through the Heads of Port Jackson.