Women workers cutting files, 1914-1918.
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Picture number:10240912 Credit:Science Museum/Science & Society Picture Library
Caption:
Oil painting by E F Skinner showing the interior of Cyclops Steel and Iron Works, Sheffield, with a line of women factory workers using lathes to cut rat tail files. Painted during WW1 as a commission by Cammell Laird, for reproduction as postcards to be sold in aid of the British Red Cross.
Artist: Skinner, E F Artist: Skinner, E F, - Artist: , - In Collection of: Science & Society Picture Library Subject(s) > Trade & Industry > Metallurgy
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