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A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918
Anna Airy
Imperial War Museums
London, United Kingdom
The interior view of a shell forge showing the glowing hot shell cases emerging from the furnaces on the left of the composition. Munitions workers man the furnaces on the left; in the foreground is the back of a worker leaning over a glowing hot shell case. Sunlight streams in though the windowless wall on the right of the forge.
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- Title: A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918
- Creator: Anna Airy
- Location: Hackney Marshes, London
- Provenance: © IWM (Art.IWM ART 4032), Ministry of Information commission. Commission administration transferred to Imperial War Museum.
- External Link: Imperial War Museums
- Medium: Oil
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