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Watercolour, George LACY, Hold up, Not dated

  • In a clearing of the bush, wih sparse trees, two figures in red shirts are held up by four fiures in blue. One has a gun pointed at his head while his pockets are searched, the other is tied against a tree and a horse stands in the background. The inscription along the lower edge of the page reads '"How much have you” – “only 2 ounces” – “2 ounces?!! You lazy rascal, after 6 months at the diggings if you don’t find more than that I’ll knock you into the middle of next week”'.

    Hold up

Artists statement

Born: London, Middlesex, England c.1817; Arrived: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1842; Died: Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia 1878

Historical information

Colonial

Physical description

Watercolour with ink, depcicting two men being robbed at gunpoint in the bush. Immitation timber frame with black painted edge, gold brushed internal window edge, and off white window mount

Inscriptions & markings

Recto:
Signed "G.L." in grey watercolour in l.r.c of composition; Narrative as part of work, '"How much have you” – “only 2 ounces” – “2 ounces?!! You lazy rascal, after 6 months at the diggings if you don’t find more than that I’ll knock you into the middle of next week”' written in grey watercolour across the lower edge of the composition; Not dated; Not titled

Mounting & framing

Immitation timber frame with black painted edge, gold brushed internal window edge, and off white window mount

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