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Airgraphs on Drying Drums in the Dark Room

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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Shadowy interior scene depicting industry on behalf of the war effort, here showing airgraphs on drying drums in a darkroom. A figure in the foreground to the right supervises the machinery which consists of three large revolving wheels in individual compartments to the left of the figure, each wheel feeding into a conveyor belt over which are pinned different sized pegs.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Airgraphs on Drying Drums in the Dark Room

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 63.2 x W 76.2 cm

Accession number

1947.398

Acquisition method

gift from HM Government, War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947

Work type

Painting

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