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Pit gin

Frank SHORT
Pit gin
 1883

Medium
etching

Measurements
12.4 × 15.4 cm (image) 13.9 × 17.6 cm (plate) 25.3 × 32.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Brigadier W.E. Clark, 1957

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Hardie 178 ii/iv; Strange 2 ii/ii

Edition
2nd of 4 states

Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Frank Short

Accession Number
1383.116A-5

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Labour, Industry and Machinery Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths Structures

Subjects (specific)
coal mines coal mining waste coalfields gins (hoists) Lancashire (county) streams United Kingdom (nation)

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