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Creator:
Godfrey Sykes, 1824–1866
Title:
A Tilt Forge
Date:
1856-1859
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/2 x 24 1/8 inches (47 x 61.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Signed, lower right: "G. SYKES"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.624
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Link to Frame:
B1981.25.624FR
Subject Terms:
beam (structural element) | beating | blacksmiths | chiaroscuro | engineer | factory | forge | furnace | genre subject | industry | ironworks | labor | laborers | light | machinery | manufacturing | men | metal | metalworker | rod | smiths | strength | work | workers
Access:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1087
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