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  • Study for 'Burners' - Burner Using Oxy-acetylene Torch Study for 'Burners' - Burner Using Oxy-acetylene Torch

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image: squared sketch of a man facing away from the artist, wearing goggles and using an oxy-acetylene torch. Small study of hand lower right.

  • Study for 'Riveters' (LD1375) Study for 'Riveters' (LD1375)

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image: a figure wearing goggles crouches down over a sheet of metal holding a rivet gun.

  • Studies for 'Welders' (LD925 AND LD926) Studies for 'Welders' (LD925 AND LD926)

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image: squared up drawing of two figures welding

  • Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Riveters Shipbuilding on the Clyde: Riveters

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA) 1941

    image: From left to right; two men apply anti-corrosion paint to two completed crow's nests and a gang of six men fit temporary bolts to the steel masts and line up the rivet holes while the 'heater boy' above them prepares a brazier and collects a rivet...

  • Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Miss Kathie Chalmers on Fabricated Stern Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Miss Kathie Chalmers on Fabricated Stern

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image: a sketch of Kathie Chalmers, a female worker dressed in dungarees and standing braced on her right leg, the left foot resting up on a ledge in front of her. She holds a welding mask in front of her face with her right hand, and an arc welder in...

  • Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Composition for 'Caulkers' Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Composition for 'Caulkers'

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image: a squared-up sketch of a gang of shipwrights at work on deck using special caulking hammers (a hammer with a long, narrow head) and an iron chisel to seal the joints between the wooden decking using oakum (hemp rope soaked in oil) which was forced...

  • Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Plumber Carrying a Pipe Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Plumber Carrying a Pipe

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA) 1945

    image: a full length study of a plumber in a flat cap carrying a bent section of pipe on his shoulders. The bent section curls around the front of his chest, and he steadies it with both hands.

  • Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Head of a Riveter Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Head of a Riveter

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image recto: three-quarter profile of the head of a man in a flat cap, looking to his right. To the right of the main portrait is another profile of the same man, squared-up. Above the portraits is a sketch of a man working a plating machine. image verso...

  • Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Pulling an Angle-iron from a Furnace.  Provisional study for 'Furnaces' Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Pulling an Angle-iron from a Furnace. Provisional study for 'Furnaces'

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA) 1940-05-01

    image recto: squared studies, similar to IWM ART LD 6008 120, showing men pulling a hot angle-iron from a furnace, braced against each other in the effort to pull the heavy weight. A central incomplete study shows three men working on the iron 'dogs'...

  • Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Two Men Pulling a Frame from a Furnace Study for 'Shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Two Men Pulling a Frame from a Furnace

    (art) Made by: Spencer, Stanley (Sir) (RA)

    image: a squared sketch showing two men pulling an unseen angle-iron from a furnace with great force, standing close together, their free arms locked together and braced. Another figure upper left pulls at the same angle-iron, his head turned to the...

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