George CLAUSEN

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

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

Gallery location: Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium

lithograph

Measurements

35.0 × 45.0 cm (image) 37.9 × 50.7 cm (sheet)

Place/s of Execution

London, England

Edition

edition of 200

Inscription

printed in ink (in image) G. CLAUSEN. 1917.
chopmark (in image) (lion and unicorn beside crowned shield; royal coat of arms)
label formerly on old mount, printed in ink George Clausen, R. A., R. W. S. / THE GREAT HAMMER / A / 27

Accession Number

919-3

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)

factories (structures) industry (economic concept) machinery manufacturing munitions plants (built works) World War I (global war, 1914-1918)

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George CLAUSEN 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

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George CLAUSEN

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