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Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in America : reproductions of a series of lithographs of munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the United States government, with notes and an introduction by the artist (1918)

Pennell, Joseph, 1857-1926, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Philadelphia and London : J.B. Lippincott Co. · leaf 46

An illustration from Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in America : reproductions of a series of lithographs of munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the United States government, with notes and an introduction by the artist, 1918, leaf 46
VIIITHE PROW VIII THE PROW VERY pretty drawing, said the officer when I showedhim this leering, staring, slobbering monster, thespirit of war, a creation of our time and our country. Itis fascinating but intolerable. … IXREADY TO START IX READY TO START DIGNIFIED, solemn, immense she stood, held to thelong dock by the great cables; and the great cranesswung great carloads of war work aboard her, as fast asthe engines could bring them. On land she was guarded by marines. In the air thePlanes were guarding her.…

World War, 1914-1918 · Ships in art · Lithography, American

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