Bending the jib (1912)

Percy Francis Gethin

etching and drypoint with some aquatint

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

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Physical Object Description:

Four sailors furling the sail of a ship, seen through an arch in Liverpool docks. c.1912 Etching and drypoint with some aquatint. Signed in pencil, and annotated in the hand of Harold Wright.

Technique:

Etching, Drypoint, Aquatint

Dimensions:

25.3 x 18.7 cm

Accession Number:

1924,0209.18

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1919-24; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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