The Only Good Luddite Is a Dead Luddite , 1963
Scope and Contents
Luddites were bands of workers in England (1811-1816) organized to destroy machinery under the belief that its use diminished employment. Ned Luddite, an 18th century Leicestershire worker originated the idea. Furnival depicts a man's body flattened by a Rube Goldberg like machine with numbers streaming from upper pipes of the machine. Stored in Odds & Sods. Depictd in Furnival's "Lost for Words" (2011 page 138. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 1963
Creator
- Furnival, John, 1933- (Person)
Extent
0 See container summary (1 drawing (ink) in foamcore) ; 39 x 30 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
flat files
Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, gift from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
General
Published: Woodchester Gloucester, England : [Publisher not identified]. Signed by: j. furnival 1963 (l.r). Nationality of creator: British. General: About 1 total copies. General: Added by: CONV; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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