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Making the engine

Christopher NEVINSON
Making the engine
 1917
plate 37 from the Building aircraft 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
40.2 × 30.3 cm (image) 47.6 × 38.2 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Government of Great Britain, 1919
© the Artist's Estate. All Rights Reserved 2011 / Bridgeman Art Library

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Edition
edition of 200

Inscription
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.: C. R. W. Nevinson. / MAKING THE ENGINE. / A / 37

Accession Number
929-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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Subjects (general)
Human Figures Labour, Industry and Machinery Military and Warfare

Subjects (specific)
aircraft factories (built works) belts (tool components) factories (structures) industry (economic concept) labour machinery workers World War I (global war, 1914-1918)

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