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Acetylene welder

Christopher NEVINSON
Acetylene welder
 (1917)
plate 39 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
40.4 × 29.7 cm (image) 47.5 × 37.6 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. / ACETYLENE WELDER. / A / 39

Accession Number
931-3

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) industry (economic concept) labour machinery manufacturing welding women (female humans) workers

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