| Accession Number | ART94129 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | framed: 34.6 cm x 39.6 cm x 3.2 cm; unframed: 20.4 cm x 25.3 cm x .4 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | oil on hardboard |
| Maker |
Hawthorne, Dore |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Lithgow |
| Date made | 1945 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Gauges and components
Description
Gauges and Components represents gun parts and factory objects related to the manufacture of Bren guns. This painting forms part of a series of forty works by Dore Hawthorne titled Factory Folk. The series depicts life and work at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory, where the artist worked from 1942 -1945 assembling Bren guns. She painted her Factory Folk series under the pseudonym 'Brendorah', conflating her name and the gun that dominated her life.