A trio of mid-20th-century educational prints illustrating various British industries, featuring the work of noted illustrators Paul B. Mann and Alex F. Packham. The first print, titled Making Cloth, bears the printed signature of P.B. Mann and contains vignettes depicting A Woollen Mill, Yorkshire, A Spinning Mule (Wool), and Cottage Hand-Weavers (Scotland and Wales). The second print, titled A Catch of Herring, bears the printed signature of Alex F. Packham and illustrates the fishing industry with scenes of Cleaning the Fish and Packing for Export. The third print, titled Sheffield Steel, bears the printed signature of Paul B. Mann and details the steel-making process including Smelting Iron, Making Steel Ingots, and Rolling Steel Ingots. These lithographic prints are characteristic of school posters produced in the 1940s and 1950s to educate students on national industrial processes. Each item is presented in a white wooden frame behind glass.
21 x 17 inches.
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