Labourer with guy rope, graving dock construction, August 1943 Accession Number: ART30268.008

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A labourer working with a guy rope, with telegraph poles and cranes in the background. McClintock's focus on the immensity of these structures is demonstrative of the scale of the project being undertaken.

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Accession Number
ART30268.008
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: brown ink wash with brown pen and ink over pencil on paper
Measurement
Overall: 27.4 cm x 36.4 cm
Medium
brown ink wash with brown pen and ink over pencil on paper
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Presented by the Allied Works Council 1945
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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