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"Turning a Big Gun" The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals
Printmaker:
Clausen, George
Publisher:
Ministry of Information
Draughtsman:
Clausen, George
(After)
An interior view of part of a munitions factory, which shows at an oblique angle the manufacture of an enormous cylindrical gun barrel. A worker sketched in beside the gun at the far left is dwarfed by its size.
History note: From the printed Annual Report, 1919: 'A collection of sixty-six large lithographic prints by Muirhead Bone, Eric Kennington, George Clausen, R.A., Frank Brangwyn, A.R.A., C.R.W. Nevinson, William Rothenstein, Charles Pears, Claude Shepperson, A.S. Hartrick, and other artists, illustrating The Great War: Britain's Efforts and Ideals, have been received from the Ministry of Information, under whose auspices these splendid lithographs were made.'
Given by the Ministry of Information, 1919
Method of acquisition: Given (1919) by Ministry of Information
20th Century
Production date:
AD 1917
Monochrome print, in black ink only. Signed and dated at lower right: 'G. CLAUSEN / 1917.'. Blindstamp of Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (George V) as used by HM Government at lower left.
Accession number: P.14928-R(28)
Primary reference Number: 239845
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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