A scene in the Schneider Munition Works on the Seine at Harfleur. Two men, in an atmosphere of heat and steam, are pulling out red-hot shells, with long iron rods, from the retorts.
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Study for the drypoint of the same title (Hardie and Carter: H. 175).
Additional information accompanying item: Signed at lower right "Jas. McBey, 1917."
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.