Watercolour depicting entrance to Cadbury's Bournville Works, by Claude Buckle

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Date:1930

Description:This watercolour depicts the main entrance hall on Bournville Lane. The artist Claude Buckle painted a number of different views of new factory buildings during the 1930s. In this view Buckle used the trees in the foreground to create an oval frame for the view of the Cocoa Block which was completed in 1929.

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Work, Pay and Conditions Paintings, Prints and Drawings Food and Beverage Fine Art Factories Bournville 1901-2000 (20th century)

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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery

Donor ref:BM&AG: 1980P60 (92/1812)

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