Lithograph of cranes on the River Clyde

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Signed proof lithograph entitled 'The Seven Cranes on the Clyde', c. 1918 by Sir David Muirhead Bone.

Muirhead Bone initially trained as an architect. From this lithograph you can see that he put his technical skill and talents of minute and accurate observation to good use when sketching the construction of ships on the Clyde.

Sir David Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) was born in Partick, Glasgow. In 1916 he was appointed the first official war artist. His depictions of warships and their construction were published monthly in 'Country Life'.

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• Online ID: 000-000-100-318-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: The Thistle at War
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1998.66
• Date: 1914 - 1918
  C. 1918
  
• Material: Paper
  Print / lithograph
  
• Dimensions: 490 mm H x 362 mm W
  
• What: Print / lithograph
  
• Subject: Prints
  
• Who: Royal Navy (N)
  Sir Muirhead Bone (delineator)
  
• Where: Scotland, Clyde River (depicted)
  
• Event: World War I
  
• Description: Royal Navy - Signed proof lithograph entitled `The Seven Cranes on the Clyde', by Sir Muirhead Bone, c. 1918.
  
• References:
  • McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh: NMS, 1997 
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