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Welcome to Our Home, Pennsylvania Coal goes to War

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Date:

ca. 1942-1948

Reference:

R5500-336-6-E

Type of material:

Art

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Item ID number:

3023575

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Andrew Audubon Merrilees fonds

Merrilees photographic and art collection

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Welcome to Our Home, Pennsylvania Coal goes to War
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Date(s):

ca. 1942-1948

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 painting / peinture : mixed media, pen and coloured inks with watercolour and gouache over pencil, with cut & paste and airbrush on commercial board
Support 44.500 x 47.800 cm

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Bird's-eye view showing freight cars in Pennsylvania., Painting is in excellent condition., The artist was a commercial artist and illustrator, who was born in Melbourne, Australia and worked in the United States. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators; A/Dir. Carnegie Institute and exhibited there in 1938, 1942 and 1946., For a similar painting by Brindle see R5500-35.

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Artist: Brindle, Ewart Melbourne 1904-after 1948

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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed., Inscription: Inscribed, recto u.r.: WELCOME / TO / OUR HOME ; in brushpoint and white paint, c. and l.l. [on rail car]: PENNSYLVANIA / 183971 ; COAL / GOES TO / WAR.... (partial)
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Transportation

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transport

travail
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Private
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R5500-34
Copyright: Unknown

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