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Chelsea Gas Works (1875-1918)

Edgar M. Wilson

etching and drypoint on thin paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Chelsea Gas Works (1875-1918)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Details

Classification:

Print

Materials:

Thin paper

Physical Object Description:

View of the Thames at Chelsea, with three boats at left, a woman holding a child on the one in the middle; gas works on the opposite bank. Inscribed in graphite below image with the title and 'Edgar Wilson 5 XX'.

Technique:

Drypoint, Etching

Dimensions:

11 x 14 cm

Accession Number:

1948,0710.36

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1948

Scheme:

S. E. Thornton Bequest (1938-1945)

Ownership history:

Bequeathed by S. E. Thornton (-1942) to the Contemporary Art Society; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1948

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London S. E. Thornton

Subject:

Harbour, Ships, River Thames

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Artist Bio

Edgar M. Wilson
Chelsea Gas Works (1875-1918)

Artworks by Edgar M. Wilson

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