The gun forge

The gun forge
 1916

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
38.5 × 52.7 cm (image) 47.5 × 62.9 cm (sheet)
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: JPennell
inscribed in pencil l.r.: J Pennell
inscribed in pencil l.c.: The Gun Forge
Accession Number
817-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of John H. Connell, 1917
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) forges (machinery) industry (economic concept) machinery munitions plants (built works) weapons World War I (global war, 1914-1918)

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Essay
An Australian student of Frank Brangwyn: Jessie C. A. Traill in London and Belgium, 1907–1908
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Prints of fortune: Hubert Herkomer’s 1891–92 etching purchases for the National Gallery of Victoria

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