Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in England, reproductions of a series of drawings and lithographs of the munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the British government . XLVIIPEACE AND WAR XLVII PEACE AND WAR WHAT would Ruskin have said to this? Thebeautiful old abbey, built in, surrounded by,yet still dominating the munition factories ? Whatwould he have said to the aeroplane noisily soaringover it ? I neither know nor care. I only know itwas a fine composition as I saw it that morning, andso I drew M sifeftS - Ill **4 J! XL VIIITHE BALLOON-SHED XLVIII THE B
Joseph Pennell's pictures of war work in England, reproductions of a series of drawings and lithographs of the munition works made by him with the permission and authority of the British government . XLVIIPEACE AND WAR XLVII PEACE AND WAR WHAT would Ruskin have said to this? Thebeautiful old abbey, built in, surrounded by,yet still dominating the munition factories ? Whatwould he have said to the aeroplane noisily soaringover it ? I neither know nor care. I only know itwas a fine composition as I saw it that morning, andso I drew M sifeftS - Ill **4 J! XL VIIITHE BALLOON-SHED XLVIII THE BALLOON-SHED AROUND and about, all over the plain, the birdsand bugs lie at rest, their wings making wonderfullines against the sky, wonderful colours on the they stir and hum, and skim over the groundand roar, and rise in the air and sail away, and onlythe huge empty shed remains and the long box on alorry, which too is leaving with the sign on it, Meso-potamia, via Cardiff, whither another air-machine isbeing shipped.
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