Exhibit No 1 (The boult upright candle)

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Exhibit No 1 (The boult upright candle)

Douglas Roberts
Australia
1919 – 19 November 1976

Exhibit No 1 (The boult upright candle)
from a series of nine illustrations relating to Max Harris's Trial and the Ern Malley Hoax
1944
pen & brush & ink on paper

Details
Series

Place made: Adelaide
Medium: pen & brush & ink on paper
Dimensions: 38.7 x 28.3 cm (sheet)
Credit line: South Australian Government Grant 1981
Accession number: 819D9
Signature and date: Not signed. Not dated.
Media category: Drawing
Collection area: Australian drawings
Copyright: Courtesy estate of the artist

Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 1 (The boult upright candle)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D9
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 2 (The man carrying his twankydillo)

1944

pen, brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D10
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 3 (Max Harris splitting the infinitive)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D11
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 4 (Detective Vogelwangler 'sticking it')

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D12
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 5 (One reason)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D13
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 6 (The sedate quadville)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D14
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 7 (The woman opening her drawers)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D15
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 8 (The famous meeting)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D16
Douglas Roberts 1919 – 1976

Exhibit No 9 (Max Harris exercising man's inalienable right to be sad at his own funeral)

1944

pen & brush & ink on paper

Accession no: 819D17