One of the Machine Shops

Painting. One of the machine shops, Grimesthorpe Steel and Ordnance Works / EF Skinner, 1918. Oil on board; 31 x 47 cm in frame 44x60x3.5cm. Signed brc. Original for postcard no. 17, passed by censor May 10, 1918. Boring gun barrels by electric-driven shafting lathes.

Collection: Science Museum
Inventory Number: 3026384
Title: One of the Machine Shops
Object Type: PhysicalObject
Measurements: - frame: 440 mm x 600 mm x 35 mm; image: 310 mm x 470 mm

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