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Taniscot Engine House Sign

Edbury Hatch

National Gallery of Art

The relief sculpture shows firefighter equipment including a helmet, a bucket labeled "1", crossed ladders, a trumpet-like horn, an axe, a lantern, and a coiled hose. The color palette features shades of gold and brown against a dark gray background. The objects are positioned as follows: the helmet in the center, flanked by an axe on the right and a lantern on the left, with the trumpet-like horn on the right and the bucket at the top. The ladders are crossing diagonally, and a coiled hose is at the bottom center.

Artwork Details

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
4255 × 3059 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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