Engineering

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Drawing in pencil, pen and ink, and wash, with subsequent alterations in wash, white body colour and pencil, within a quadruple-ruled pen and ink and pencil border, on paper. Six bearded men stand in procession facing the right, talking and holding scrolls of paper. Allusions to engineering are in the background including smoking chimneys, and the word 'ENGINEERING' is below the border on the bottom left hand side of the image.

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Categories	History of the V&A Designs Mosaic Ornament
Object type	Design
Title	Engineering
Materials and techniques	Drawing in pencil, pen and ink, and wash, with subsequent alterations in wash, white body colour and pencil, within a quadruple-ruled pen and ink and pencil border, on paper Pencil Pen Wash Bodycolour Drawn
Brief description	Reuben Townroe, design for ‘Engineering’ mosaic in V&A Courtyard: whole scheme. Ca. 1876.
Physical description	Drawing in pencil, pen and ink, and wash, with subsequent alterations in wash, white body colour and pencil, within a quadruple-ruled pen and ink and pencil border, on paper. Six bearded men stand in procession facing the right, talking and holding scrolls of paper. Allusions to engineering are in the background including smoking chimneys, and the word 'ENGINEERING' is below the border on the bottom left hand side of the image.
Dimensions	Height of paper exposed by mount height: 12.4cm Width of paper exposed by mount width: 27.0cm Paper of irregular dimensions. Maximum height and width given.
Associated objects	E.2912-1911 E.2913-1911
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2996-1911

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O776861/engineering-design-townroe-reuben/

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