Australian Retrospect Greeting Card: Surprised

Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe

North Warrandyte

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K. Wallace-Crabbe

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10cm x 22cm. Greeting card. Multi-block coloured wood engraving.

One in a series of wood engraved greeting cards produced by Kenneth Wallace-Crabbe at his Melbourne studio in the 1960s/early 1970s under the heading of Australian Retrospect. This card depicts a group of Aboriginal men observing a camp of settlers. The caption reads: “SURPRISED Macquarie River blacks see their lush ‘Fish River’ lands invaded by white settlers in the 1815 rush from Sydney across the Blue Mountains.” The interior contains a short printed greeting and his studio details printed on the verso.

. Fine Condition.