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Railway embankment; Platelayers' sheds (1914)

Edward Alexander Wadsworth

woodcut on cream paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Railway embankment; Platelayers' sheds (1914)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Ink, Cream paper

Physical Object Description:

Abstraction of railway, sheds and telegraph poles. 1914 Woodcut, on cream paper. Signed, dated and titled: "Platelayers' Sheds".

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

7.5 x 7.7 cm

Accession Number:

1922,0708.37

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1922

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Gifted by the artist to the Prints and Drawings Fund of the Contemporary Art Society, 1921; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1922

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London Edward Alexander Wadsworth

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Artist Bio

Edward Alexander Wadsworth
Railway embankment; Platelayers' sheds (1914)

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