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The furnace

The furnace
1917
plate 26 from the Making guns set, in The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals series, commissioned by the British Department of Information; published by the Fine Arts Society, London, 1917

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
45.3 × 34.9 cm (image) 50.9 × 37.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Edition
edition of 200
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: G. CLAUSEN. 1917.
chopmark (in image) l.l.: (lion and unicorn beside crowned shield; royal coat of arms)
label formerly on old mount, printed in ink u.l.: George Clausen, R. A., R. W. S. / THE FURNANCE. / A / 26
Accession Number
918-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Government of Great Britain, 1919
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Labour, Industry and Machinery Military and Warfare
Subjects (specific)
factories (structures) forges (machinery) foundries furnaces (heating components) industry (economic concept) labour munitions plants (built works) World War I (global war, 1914-1918)