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Painting The Boat

Print
1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Image of a man working on a barge in a boatyard. In the foreground is a platform made from a plank of wood on trestles. A jug, various pots holding paint brushes and a coil of rope are visible, along with a painted barge jug. The man is sitting painting the name of the barge onto the side of it.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePainting The Boat (published title)
Materials and techniques
Wood engraving
Brief description
Wood engraving by George Mackley, Painting the Boat, British, 1961
Physical description
Image of a man working on a barge in a boatyard. In the foreground is a platform made from a plank of wood on trestles. A jug, various pots holding paint brushes and a coil of rope are visible, along with a painted barge jug. The man is sitting painting the name of the barge onto the side of it.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 5.1cm
  • Image width: 6.4cm
  • Sheet height: 7cm
  • Sheet width: 9.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • USED IN THE ALBUM PR5
    Transliteration
    In pencil on back
  • AST[ON?] (Name on barge)
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
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
Accession number
E.1671-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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