File:'The Munitions Girls' oil painting, England, 1918 Wellcome L0059548.jpg
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[edit]Stanhope Forbes: The Munitions Girls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q360724 |
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Title |
The Munitions Girls label QS:Len,"The Munitions Girls" |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: Commissioned by John Baker & Co, this famous oil painting, entitled ‘The Munitions Girls’, shows women working at Kilnhurst Steelworks during the First World War. The artist was Alexander Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947). Like many other steelworks during the war, John Baker & Co’s Kilnhurst site was converted to make shells and ammunition. As men volunteered or were conscripted to fight in the British Army, women became the main work force in industry and farming. Munitions workers could often be picked out in a crowd because of the distinctive yellow colouring of their hair and skin caused by the sulphur used in production. They were nicknamed ‘canaries’ |
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Date |
1918 date QS:P571,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 103 cm (40.5 in); width: 127 cm (50 in) dimensions QS:P2048,103U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,127U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q674773 |
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Accession number |
1983-1433 |
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Place of creation | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Short title | L0059548 'The Munitions Girls' oil painting, England, 1918 |
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Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0059548 'The Munitions Girls' oil painting, England, 1918 |
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Image title | L0059548 'The Munitions Girls' oil painting, England, 1918
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images [email protected] http://wellcomeimages.org Commissioned by John Baker & Co, this famous oil painting, entitled ‘The Munitions Girls’, shows women working at Kilnhurst Steelworks during the First World War. The artist was Alexander Stanhope Forbes (1857-1947). Like many other steelworks during the war, John Baker & Co’s Kilnhurst site was converted to make shells and ammunition. As men volunteered or were conscripted to fight in the British Army, women became the main work force in industry and farming. Munitions workers could often be picked out in a crowd because of the distinctive yellow colouring of their hair and skin caused by the sulphur used in production. They were nicknamed ‘canaries’. artist: Forbes, Stanhope Alexander Place made: England, United Kingdom made: 1918 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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- Wellcome Library oil paintings
- Stanhope Forbes
- World War I in the Wellcome Collection
- Women at work in art
- Women at work in the United Kingdom in World War I
- Paintings of World War I
- Women manufacturing artillery ammunition in World War I
- Military industry in the United Kingdom in World War I
- Munitionnettes
- Paintings of factories
- 1918 paintings from the United Kingdom
- 1918 paintings of people
- 1918 oil on canvas paintings in the United Kingdom
- Kilnhurst