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'Hobart bushfires' printing plate [PRG 1678/26/2] • Artwork

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Summary

Printmaking block by Ruth Tuck featuring an artwork of a depiction from the bushfires near Hobart, believed to be in reference to the Black Tuesday fires of February 1967 in Tasmania. Zinc plate engraving and etching mounted on wood block.

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Physical description

1 printing block : zinc plate on wood block, engraved, etched ; 17 x 11.5 x 2.3 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1967

Artist

Tuck, Ruth

Collection

Part of Artwork Collection

Subject

Artists -- South Australia
Art, Australian -- Tasmania -- Hobart
Printmakers -- South Australia
Prints -- Technique
Prints 20th century -- South Australia
Natural disasters -- Tasmania
Fires -- Tasmania
Hobart (Tas.) -- History

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Digitisation information

Date

26/07/2018

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,842 x 5,524 pixels (21.2 MP)

Size

152.91 MB

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