About this artwork
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artist:George P. Lewis (1875 - 1926) English
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title:Granite polisher, Messrs Stewart and Co., Aberdeen
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date created:1917; printed 2004
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printed by:Peter Cattrell (born 1959) Scottish
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:26.30 x 34.70 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Commissioned by the Gallery in 2004 from negatives held by the Imperial War Museum
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accession number:PGP 310.9
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George P. Lewis
George P. Lewis
Little is known about Lewis before he went to work in Indonesia for the Armenian firm, Onnes Kurkdjian, in 1896. His work there was divided between fine, industrial and topographic photography. He returned to Britain in 1917 during the height of the Great War. Although too old for active service,...
