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Lumberjacks
Mackley, George Edward R.E., born 1900 - Enlarge image
Lumberjacks
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1960-1961 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Mackley, George Edward R.E., born 1900 (maker)
Forestry Commission (commissioned by) - Materials and Techniques:
Wood-engraving
- Credit Line:
George Mackley Bequest
- Museum number:
E.1673-1991
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case I, shelf 191
Physical description
Depicting three lumberjacks, two sawing down a tree, with the third appears to instruct them. All of them are crouched low to the ground. A hammer and an axe are lying on the ground in front of them. Behind them are more trees, and a path going over a small hill.
Place of Origin
Great Britain (made)
Date
1960-1961 (made)
Artist/maker
Mackley, George Edward R.E., born 1900 (maker)
Forestry Commission (commissioned by)
Materials and Techniques
Wood-engraving
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm sheet, Width: 186 mm sheet, Height: 75 mm image, Width: 101 mm image
Object history note
George Mackley Bequest, R.P. No. 91/922. Made for the Forestry Commission.
Descriptive line
Wood engraving by George Mackley, Lumberjacks, British, 1960-1
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
George Mackley Wood Engraver. Old Woking: Gresham Books, 1981, p.133
Taken from R.P. 91/922 Acquisition Form
Taken from R.P. 91/922 Catalogue Sheet
Materials
Paper; Printing ink
Techniques
Wood engraving
Subjects depicted
Lumbermen; Landscape; Forest; Axe; Woodcutters; Hammer; Saw; Trees
Categories
Prints; Landscapes
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
