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The great hammer

The great hammer
1917
plate 27 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
35.0 × 45.0 cm (image) 37.9 × 50.7 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Government of Great Britain, 1919

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

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 GREAT HAMMER / A / 27

Accession Number
919-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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