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Shearing the Rams

27 minutes

When art transcends its frame winding up on placemats, parodied in ads and as the talk of the town, you know it’s iconic. But few paintings have a rich history that starts at a shearing shed and ends up in a national gallery. Matt Stewart tells the story of Tom Roberts’ Shearing the Rams in the finale of ‘Do Go On Presents: Arty Facts’.

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