# English War Work: Making Pig Iron, The Base of the Blast Furnaces

By [Joseph Pennell](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/joseph-pennell.md>), 1916.

## Details

- Medium: lithograph
- Collection: [Cleveland Museum of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-36a1fc18d246201d.md>)

[View collection record](<https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.524>)

- Categories: Print, Works on Paper
- Styles: [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![Heavy furnaces and machinery frame a bright opening with tiny workers beyond.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-36a1fc18d246201d-7cba983d81672cec/full.jpg?v=09a1b27df46a9529b79222c38fa63fff111f8fdaddad7c68e15eabb4af72de5d>)

## Sources & credits

- The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1921.524. Gift of Salmon P. Halle. CC0 Open Access.
- Gift of Salmon P. Halle
- Cleveland Museum of Art

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