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“The Munition Girls” by Stanhope Alexander Forbes (British) - Oil on canvas / 1918 - Science Museum (London) #WomenInArt #StanhopeAlexanderForbes #ScienceMuseumLondon #art #artText #BlueskyArt #IndustrialArt #WWIart #BritishArtist #ArtUK #WomenAtWork #CornishArt #BritishArt #1910sArt #NewlynSchool
Commissioned by John Baker & Co., the painting shows women making 4.5-inch shells at the Kilnhurst Steel Works in Rotherham, England during the First World War. As men left for military service, women entered heavy industry in unprecedented numbers, and British artist Stanhope Alexander Forbes records that shift with unusual seriousness. This is not a symbolic allegory of labor, but a hard, dangerous workplace of heat, weight, and precision. Inside a dark steelworks, a group of adult women labors around a blazing industrial process. The space is crowded with soot-black beams, shadowed platforms, and a steep stair rising at left. At the center, the furnace and freshly heated metal cast orange light across the workers’ faces, aprons, sleeves, and skirts. Several women bend, lift, guide, or brace themselves around a long glowing form being moved toward a steam hydraulic press. Their bodies are strong, coordinated, and alert rather than ornamental with sleeves rolled, posture forward, and attention fixed on timing and heat. Some wear caps or scarves. Others have their hair pulled back. The light catches flushed skin, pale cuffs, and the hot shine of metal against the near-black interior, making the women’s teamwork the real center of the picture. In the foreground, two women lean over a pile of hollow metal shell casings, creating an intimate counterpoint to the larger machinery and busier industrial floor behind them. Munition workers were often nicknamed “canaries” because chemical exposure could yellow the skin and hair, a reminder that patriotic labor also carried bodily risk. By 1918, Forbes was an established painter associated with the Newlyn School, and the work feels both documentary and humane. Rather than isolate a single heroine, he presents a collective portrait of women whose skill kept wartime production moving. The painting honors endurance and mutual reliance while making visible a history of women’s labor that was essential and too often temporary.
March 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Join us as we explore the brilliant & bizzare Birds exhbition held at the Natural History Museum before going to see Hansel & Gretal at the Globe Theatre.

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Birds & Shakespeare's Globe @ The City of London
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July 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Why does this Cray supercomputer have padded bench seating? #sciencemuseumlondon
Why does this Cray supercomputer have padded bench seating? #sciencemuseumlondon Photo taken at these geographical coordinates: geo:51.497292992767,-0.17472351631983
November 21, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Happy Star Trek Day and Happy 60th Anniversary to Star Trek! 🖖

Share your Vulcan Salute online to join the Guinness World Record today! 🖖

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September 8, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Compras de ayer en el
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Por falta de espacio doméstico,y de maleta, he tenido que limitar las compras a cosas pequeñas. Afortunadamente hoy no es como hace 20 y hoy en día ya se puede conseguir casi cualquier cosa Trekkie por internet y yo me puedo quejar
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August 22, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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The Year 12 AS Biology, visited the Science Museum on a lovely sunny Friday. Despite the high temperatures, spirits remained high and students were enthused to discover the wonderful marvels awaiting at the museum.

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July 17, 2026 at 9:22 AM