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Description: | A.Airy
image: The interior view of a shell forge showing the glowing hot shell cases emerging from the furnaces on the left of
the composition. Munitions workers man the furnaces on the left; in the foreground is the back of a worker leaning over a glowing hot shell
case. Sunlight streams in though the windowless wall on the right of the forge.
This piece was a particular challenge for Airy who had to work with great speed to capture the colour of the molten
shells. The tremendous heat of the interior added to the intensity, and one one occassion the ground became so hot that her shoes were
burnt off her feet.
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Master | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Home Front 1914-1918 interior women / womens work civilian personnel munitions / manufacture UK Home Front First World War Industry | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Airy, Anna | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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