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Auction 152, Lot 718

"The Wool Industry in Australia", Graphic, The

Subject: Australia, Prints

Period: 1882 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.1 x 13.3 inches
23.1 x 33.8 cm
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The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper created in 1869 by William Luson Thomas, a successful artist and social reformer. This sheet contains 7 engravings depicting various facets of the wool industry in Australia, including shearing, sampling, paying off the shearers, and riveting the hoops. English text on verso. Published on August 26, 1882.

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Condition: A

Attractive color with a few minor tears and creases along edges of sheet.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $75

Closed on 2/18/2015

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