Cobb and Co.

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Title

Cobb and Co.

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Cobb and Co. is a 1925 drypoint print that depicts a lone stagecoach as it travels across the vast expanse of the Australian outback. The coach is pulled by five horses which canter majestically through the scrubby bush. It is hard to tell at this distance who the four coach passengers might be. Are the men in sunhats gold prospectors, delivery men or more well-to-do travellers? This ambiguity points to the painting’s timeless, romantic quality. Above the coach clouds float through the endles...

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Format

Image

Date created

1925

Creator

Lionel Lindsay

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/37580

Related subjects

people / Carriages & coaches / Animals / Horses / Australia / Transportation / paper / ink / prints / drypoints / works on paper / drypoint / Mrs Isobel Wright / Harold Wright

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