Primary Artist

Noel Counihan (1913–1986)

Title

The young wheeler.

Date made

1947

Reference

Smith (1981), 7a

Category

Print

Print type

relief

Technique

linocut, printed in black ink, from one block

Matrix size

20.8 x 16.0 cm (printed image)

Edition information

edition of 50, printed by James Flett

Subject category

Australia, Art style: Social Realism

Subject description

Head of a young miner wearing a helmet, in charge of wheeling away horse-drawn coal skips.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

36100

Creators

Counihan, Noel. | (1913–1986) Australian | Male | artist

Flett, James. | (1906–1986) Australian | Male | printer