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On The Clyde - Lifting an Oil Tank into a Train Ferry
On The Clyde - Lifting an Oil Tank into a Train Ferry
On The Clyde - Lifting an Oil Tank into a Train Ferry

On The Clyde - Lifting an Oil Tank into a Train Ferry

Artist (Partick, Glasgow, Scotland, 1876 - 1953)
Date1917-1918
Mediumlithograph on paper
ClassificationsPrints
DimensionsPlate Size: 47 x 35.5cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1941.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG014180
Keywords
About MeOne of a set of six original lithographs entitled "Building Ships".
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Despite depicting a scene in a busy shipyard, Muirhead Bone focusses our attention on the oil tank. What techniques does he use to attract our attention to this part of the picture?
Exhibitions
On The Clyde - Building a Cross Channel Train Ferry
On The Clyde - Building a Cross Channel Train Ferry
Sir Muirhead Bone
1917-1918
On The Clyde - The Floor of the Train Ferry
On The Clyde - The Floor of the Train Ferry
Sir Muirhead Bone
1917-1918
On The Clyde - Reconstucting a Clyde Shipyard
On The Clyde - Reconstucting a Clyde Shipyard
Sir Muirhead Bone
1917-1918
On The Clyde - The Tuscania at Glasgow
On The Clyde - The Tuscania at Glasgow
Sir Muirhead Bone
1917-1918
On The Clyde - Building a Liner at Greenock
On The Clyde - Building a Liner at Greenock
Sir Muirhead Bone
1917-1918
Image Not Available for A Shipyard
A Shipyard
Sir Muirhead Bone
Building Ships - A Shipyard
Building Ships - A Shipyard
Sir Muirhead Bone
Building Ships - On the Stocks
Building Ships - On the Stocks
Sir Muirhead Bone
Building Ships - A Shipyard seen from a Big Crane
Building Ships - A Shipyard seen from a Big Crane
Sir Muirhead Bone
Building Ships - A Workshop
Building Ships - A Workshop
Sir Muirhead Bone
Building Ships - Fitting-out Basin
Building Ships - Fitting-out Basin
Sir Muirhead Bone
Building Ships - Ready for Sea
Building Ships - Ready for Sea
Sir Muirhead Bone
The Dry Dock
The Dry Dock
Sir Muirhead Bone
1899
Image Not Available for Shipbuilders, Whiteinch
Shipbuilders, Whiteinch
Sir Muirhead Bone
1899
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Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1968
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1968
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Seaforth Viscount
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