A remarkable set of paintings resulted from Spencer being commissioned by the War Artists Advisory Committee in 1940 to paint the Lithgows Kingston shipyard in Port Glasgow on the River Clyde. Unliked by shipyard owner James Lithgow, offered and then rejected by the National Maritime Museum, these seven tripytchs were eventually acquired by the Imperial War Museum. The subjects reflect the stages of activity associated with shipbuilding. They are titled: Burners, Riveters, Welders, Riggers, The Template, Bending the Keel Plate and Plumbers. Spencer additionally painted a single painting, The Furnaces. Developed in association with Grant Waters, Art Detective Group Leader: South East England, East England and the Midlands
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Burners 1940
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 555.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Burners 1940
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 555.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Burners 1940
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 555.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Riveters 1941
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Riveters 1941
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Riveters 1941
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Welders 1941
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 555.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Welders 1941
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 555.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Welders 1941
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 106.7 x W 555.8 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Riggers 1941–1944
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.2 x W 494 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Riggers 1941–1944
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.2 x W 494 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Riggers 1941–1944
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.2 x W 494 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Template 1942
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Template 1942
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Template 1942
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Bending the Keel Plate 1943
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Bending the Keel Plate 1943
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Bending the Keel Plate 1943
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 579.1 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Plumbers 1944–1945
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.2 x W 492.7 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Plumbers 1944–1945
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.2 x W 492.7 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Plumbers 1944–1945
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 81.2 x W 492.7 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Shipbuilding on the Clyde: The Furnaces 1946
Stanley Spencer (1891–1959)
Oil on canvas
H 156.2 x W 113.6 cm
IWM (Imperial War Museums)
