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File:Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring (1943) (Art. IWM LD 2850).jpg

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Summary

Laura Knight: Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring  wikidata:Q15930386 reasonator:Q15930386
Artist
Laura Knight  (1877–1970)  wikidata:Q2693890
 
Laura Knight
Alternative names
Dame Laura Knight
Description British artist
Date of birth/death 4 August 1877 Edit this at Wikidata 7 July 1970 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Long Eaton London
Work location
Netherlands (1925); Amsterdam (1925) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q2693890
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Luk,"Рубі Лофтус обробляє казенник"
label QS:Lzh,"露比·洛夫特斯生产闭锁环"
label QS:Larz,"روبى لوفتوس ترخى حلقه مغلاق"
label QS:Lar,"روبي لوفتوس ترخى حلقة مغلاق"
label QS:Lfr,"Ruby Loftus vissant un manchon de culasse"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A young factory worker in blue overalls is shown at work on a industrial lathe, cutting and turning the breech-ring component of a Bofors anti-aircraft gun. Other factory workers are visible in the background.
Date 1943
date QS:P571,+1943-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 86.3 cm (33.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 101.9 cm (40.1 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+86.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+101.9U174728
institution QS:P195,Q749808
Accession number
Art.IWM ART LD 2850 (Imperial War Museum London) Edit this at Wikidata
References
Source/Photographer http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/15504
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Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech-ring (1943). Oil on canvas, 86.3 x 101.9 cm (33.9 x 40.1 in). Imperial War Museum London (Art. IWM LD 2850)

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