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Turning a big gun

Turning a big gun
 1917
plate 28 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
34.2 × 45.8 cm (image) 38.3 × 50.9 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Edition
edition of 200
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: G. CLAUSEN. 1917
chopmark l.l.: (lion and unicorn beside crowned shield; royal coat of arms)
stamped (very faintly) in purple ink l.c.: SPECIMAN
label formerly on old mount, printed in ink u.l.: George Clausen, R. A., R. W. S. / THE GREAT HAMMER / A / 27
Accession Number
920-3
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)
Labour, Industry and Machinery Military and Warfare Structures
Subjects (specific)
artillery (firearms) factories (structures) industry (economic concept) machinery manufacturing munitions plants (built works) World War I (global war, 1914-1918)