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Rock Drill by Jacob Epstein
Outrageous Objects
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Is it a man? Is it a robot? No, it is in fact Jacob Epstein's audacious sculpture Rock Drill; the subject of this episode of Outrageous Objects. Join Linda as she explains how the piece sent ripples of controversy throughout Britain when it was first displayed in the early part of the 20th Century and find out what it has to do with the political landscape of the time.
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