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Description: | Flora Lion. 1918
image: The interior of a canteen filled with female workers. There is a counter to the right of the composition, and
tables occupied with women in overalls and cloth caps to the left. There is a queue at the counter, with several women holding large white
cups. In the centre two women walk arm-in-arm towards the viewer, and next to them another stands looking out in the same
direction.
Flora Lion was a portrait painter who was given access to paint factory scenes in Leeds and Bradford during World War
One. The interior of the canteen is filled with women workers who sit, chat and queue for food. Many are obviously tired. The couple in
the centre, arms entwined, dominate the scene and embody the confidence of women newly liberated by employment.
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Optimised | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Home Front 1914-1918 interior eating / drinking women / womens work British War Work 1914-1918 munitions / manufacture UK Home Front First World War civilian effort Industry | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lion, Flora | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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