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The Gas Works, Birkenhead (1918-19)

Edward Alexander Wadsworth

pen and ink on paper

The Whitworth, The University of Manchester

The Gas Works, Birkenhead (1918-19)

Details

Classification:

Drawing and Watercolour

Materials:

Paper, Ink, Pen

Physical Object Description:

Wadsworth's drawing shows a gas works in the Midlands - the logo on the trucks is that of the Midlands Railway. The main building is a retort house, where gas was extracted from coal, and the barrels being loaded onto the trucks would have contained tar - a by-product of gas production.- from the Whitworth collection website

Dimensions:

14.7 x 20.1 cm

Accession Number:

D.1927.26

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

Gifted by Sidney Schiff (1868-1944) to Contemporary Art Society, 1926; by whom presented to Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 1927

Relationship:

The Whitworth, The University of Manchester Sydney Alfred Schiff

Subject:

Industrial, Topography

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Artist Bio

Edward Alexander Wadsworth
The Gas Works, Birkenhead (1918-19)

Artworks by Edward Alexander Wadsworth

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