Looking down from the tanks, undated / drawing by Jeff Rigby
Looking down from the tanks, undated / drawing by Jeff Rigby
About this item
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Date
ca. 1997-2006
Call Numbers
XV/170
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Physical Description
Contents
1 drawing - visible image 61 x 45 cm, on paper 71 x 56.5 cm - charcoal on paper
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Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder : Jeff Rigby
Please acknowledge : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Jeff Rigby
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Charcaol drawing, undated, from the artists BHP Newcastle Steelworks series in the Places of Industry collection, 2006
Alternative Titles
Full title
Looking down from the tanks, undated / drawing by Jeff Rigby
Notes
General note
Exhibited in 'Places of Industry; When Workers Unite', Trades and Labor Council, Broken Hill, 2006
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right margin, 'Looking down from the tanks, BHP Newcastle'
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Robin Gibson Gallery, 2016
Administrative / Biographical history
Work began on the construction of the BHP Co. Ltd. Iron and Steelworks at Port Waratah Newcaste on 3 January 1913. The Steelworks Act of 1912 had decreed that the works be built in five years, it was completed in less than half that time. Following the production of the first rail on 24 April 1915, the works were officially opened by the Governor G...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
XV/170
Record Identifier
9PQWpWln
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQWpWln
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Reference code
1006272
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