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In The Lock

Print
1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
British Waterways Board (commissioned by)
George Edward Mackley (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Image showing two barges side by side in a canal. An older woman is standing on the barge closest to the foreground, and a younger woman is on the one furthest away. A man wearing a long coat and a flat cap is operating the lock. The letters ‘AYR’ are visible on the barge on the left.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Transport
Object type
Print
Titles
  • In The Lock (assigned by artist)
  • The Old Lock at Brentford (published title)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving
Printing Ink
Paper
Wood Engraving
Brief description
Wood engraving by George Mackley, The Old Lock at Brentford, British, 1961
Physical description
Image showing two barges side by side in a canal. An older woman is standing on the barge closest to the foreground, and a younger woman is on the one furthest away. A man wearing a long coat and a flat cap is operating the lock. The letters ‘AYR’ are visible on the barge on the left.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 5cm
  • Image width: 6.4cm
  • Sheet height: 9.1cm
  • Sheet width: 12.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • IN THE LOCK. / For the British Transport Commission. Used in the Album presented to / retiring canal employees (Inscribed in pencil at bottom of sheet)
  • AYR (on barge in foreground)
  • [...]WAYS (On sides of barges (cut off))
Credit line
George Mackley Bequest
Object history
George Mackley Bequest, R.P. No. 91/922. Commissioned by the British Waterways Board for a memento of service to retiring employees.
Subjects depicted
Barges
Lock
Canal
Rope
Trees
Women
Man
Place depicted
Brentford
Bibliographic references
  • George Mackley Wood Engraver. Old Woking: Gresham Books, 1981, p.132
  • Taken from R.P. 91/922 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from R.P. 91/922 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1670-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195159/in-the-lock-print-george-edward-mackley/
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