Place | Europe: United Kingdom, England |
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Accession Number | ART91730 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Image: 46.9 x 35.7 cm; Overall: 50.7 x 40.6cm (sheet) |
Object type | |
Physical description | lithograph on wove paper |
Maker |
Avenue Press Hartrick, Archibald Standish Ministry of Information |
Place made | United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London |
Date made | 1917 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
Women's work: On the railways - engine and carriage cleaning
Description
Two women, dressed in overalls and carrying billies, walk forwards. Hartrick was sent to various locations to make studies for his series of lithographs about women's work. In most cases the women were doing work previously undertaken by men. Hartrick's images show the adaptability of women during war. This is no. 56 from the series of 66 lithographs 'The Great War: Britain's efforts and ideals', published by the British Ministry of Information, London 1917.