Watercolour, graphite and ink on paper
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Demolition Hays Wharf
Purchased 1926
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
cart
demolition site
dock
docker
dockyard
England
Hay’s Wharf
horse
industrial
industrial and crafts
labourer
machinery
man
objects
people
places
ruins
society
tools and machinery
townscapes / man-made features
trading and commercial
transport: land
UK countries and regions
UK London
warehouse
work and occupations
paper unique watercolour graphite ink
Demolition of Hay’s Wharf
support: 292 × 394 mm
Purchased 1926
<p><b>N04150</b> DEMOLITION OF HAY'S WHARF 1925</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Claude Muncaster. July 1925.’ b.r.
<br/>Pencil, pen and watercolour, 11 1/2×15 1/2 (29×39·5), on paper, 12 1/2×16 (32×40·5).
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Duveen Drawings Fund) 1926.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Fine Art Society, January 1926 (8).</p>
<p>One of a number of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolours</span></a> of <i>c.</i> 1925 of industrial subjects in the London Docks and the North (letter from the artist, 10 February 1958).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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adults animals: mammals architecture cart demolition site dock docker dockyard England Hay’s Wharf horse industrial industrial and crafts labourer machinery man objects people places ruins society tools and machinery townscapes / man-made features trading and commercial transport: land UK countries and regions UK London warehouse work and occupations