Boston Public LibrarySir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953). Prints, Drawings, and Paintings / British Artists
The Great Gantry, Charing Cross Station
Item Information
- Title:
- The Great Gantry, Charing Cross Station
- Description:
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The huge movable scaffolding, from which the subject derives its name, extends across the centre of the plate beneath the arched glass roof of the station. In the foreground is a group of workmen, two of whom are hauling at a rope attached to a cradle which swings beneath the roof towards the left. These places lightened again. This state is distinguished from the second state by the presence of the signature.
- Artist:
- Bone, Muirhead, Sir, 1876-1953
- Name on Item:
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Muirhead Bone
- Date:
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1906
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Drypoints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953). Prints, Drawings, and Paintings
- Subjects:
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Scaffolding
Construction
Construction workers
Railroad stations
- Places:
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England > London > City of Westminster > Charing Cross Station (railroad station)
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 278 x 435 mm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2227p4026
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) Muirhead Bone
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Dodgson number: 203, IV.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- Notes (citation):
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Dodgson, Campbell. "Etching & Dry Point by Muirhead Bone. I. 1898-1907. A Catalogue by Campbell Dodgson." Obach & Co., 1909.
- Notes (object):
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Fourth state of four.
- Identifier:
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17_04_000519
W. 12 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000198263