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Description:
"Dignified, solemn, immense she stood, held to the dock by the great cables; and the great cranes swung great car loads of war work aboard her, as fast as the engines could bring them. On land she was guarded by marines. In the air the planes were guarding her." Joseph Pennell.
Artist:
Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926
Name on Item:
Joseph Pennell del
Date:
[1917]
Format:
Posters
Prints
Genre:
War posters
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Battleships
Hoisting machinery
Naval yards & naval stations
Extent:
1 print : lithograph ; sheet 51 x 54 cm (poster format)
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/pc28c931h
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
New York : Heywood Strasser & Voight Litho Co.
Notes:
Title from item.
The image on the poster is the reverse of Wuerth 1931 (L): 512
Notes (date):
Date inferred from image creation date from catalogue raisonné.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Wuerth, Louis A. "Catalogue of the lithographs of Joseph Pennell." Little, Brown and Company, 1931, Boston.
Identifier:
18_15_000453
Barcode:
36666000209029