Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in England, reproductions of a series of drawings and lithographs of the munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the British government (14777346945)

Identifier: josephpennellspi1917penn (find matches)
Title: Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in England, reproductions of a series of drawings and lithographs of the munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the British government
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
Subjects: Weapons industry World War, 1914-1918 World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: London: W. Heinemann
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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XVII BOTTLING THE BIG SHELL XVII BOTTLING THE BIG SHELL THIS shop was an old factory where a big press hadbeen set up. The walls had all been white-washed and against them the press and the figures toldstrongly. The afternoon I saw the bottling—the firsttime the big shells were bottled—the crane which was tocarry them from the furnace to the press was not ready,and the work was done by men, but they made a farfiner composition, for in these works you seldom see theman-power. The machines do all, and are more humanthan the men who manage them.
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XVIIIMUNITION WORKS XVIII MUNITION WORKS I HAVE no idea how many of these workscapes I havedrawn, etched, lithographed, painted. I am toldI should not do so many—I spoil the market —butI shall draw them wherever and whenever I find them,or rather, find that they appeal to me. Whoever criticizedan Old Master for his thousands of sketches and drawings ?The trouble is that most painters to-day are so lazy or sostupid that they do not see and cannot present the won-derful things around them, and they blame and criticizethe few artists who can and do. And how much finer are the lines of chimneys than thelines of trees, while the slowly rising smoke gives the skya beauty it never had before. bit ^ I ^Nw f?