Shearing No 6, Lambs
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.1929-1932
Artist: Myrtle Fasken (1889-1972)
Dimensions:
Image: 147 x 106 mm (14.7 x 10.6 cm)
Sheet: 272 x 214 mm (27.2 x 21.4 cm)
Medium: Wood engraving. Black ink on very light Japanese paper
Object number: P.2012.68.M.7
DescriptionWood engraving depicting the process of shearing lambs. In 1929 Myrtle Fasken visited her brother's sheep shearing station at Spring Valley, Victoria. Back in London she turned what she had seen into a series of wood engravings.
