Re-forming Shell Cases

Made:
circa 1946
artist:
Norman Wilkinson
commissioner:
London Midland & Scottish Railway Company
Re-forming Shell Cases (painting; oil painting; poster artwork)

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Painting, oil on canvas, poster artwork for the London Midland & Scottish Railway, Re-Forming Shell Cases by Norman Wilkinson, about 1946. Depicts women munitions workers in a railway workshop, reforming large, recycled brass shell cases using machinery and hammers. From The LMS at War series. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Unframed.

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
1977-5766
Materials:
oil paint and canvas
Measurements:
overall; image: 763 mm x 1142 mm
type:
painting, oil painting and poster artwork