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'The Munitions Girls' oil painting, England, 1918
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…
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- Science Museum, London
Subject
- oil painting
- Oil painting
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- oil painting
- Oil painting
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
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- L0059548
Identifier
- L0059548
- Science Museum 1983-1433
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- United Kingdom
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