Drawing, ink wash

Made:
circa 1943 in Crewe

Drawing, ink wash, Pouring molten slag from the cupola furnace in the iron foundry at Crewe railway works, by Robin Comyns Carr, about 1943. Depicts a foundryman raking slag out of the furnace as he shelters from the heat behind a sheet of corrugated iron. Reverse features studies of a pair of tongs, in graphite, and details of machine tools, in ink. Executed in a monochrome wash.

Details

Category:
Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Number:
2023-419
Materials:
cardboard, ink and paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
mount: 320 mm x 227 mm
drawing: 200 mm x 125 mm
type:
drawing