Building ships: a ship-yard Accession Number: ART91711

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A ship-yard with giant cranes under construction and men at work. A large ship is being built behind the scaffolding (on the right of the image). "On the right a large ship is being built. In these great yards there is a constant change and improvement in the means for handling material, and two new cranes can be seen, partly built, in the centre of this drawing" ('Western Front' II, X, 96). The six 'Building Ships' lithographs are based on bone's drawings in the clyde yards. These are reproduced in 'The Western Front: Drawings by Muirhead Bone' II,X. This work is no 31 in the series of 66 lithographs 'The Great War: Britain's efforts and ideals' published by the British Ministry of Information, London, 1917.

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Accession Number
ART91711
Artist
Muirhead Bone
Classification
Art
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Edition: Unknown
Medium: lithograph on paper
Measurement
sheet: 51.1 cm x 36 cm
Medium
lithograph on wove paper
Date Made
1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by the British Ministry of Information 1921
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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