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Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring
is a 1943 painting by the British painter
Laura Knight
depicting a young woman, Ruby Loftus (1921–2004), working at an industrial
lathe
as part of the
British war effort in World War II
. The painting was commissioned by the
War Artists' Advisory Committee
, and is now part of the
Imperial War Museum
's art collection. The painting brought instant fame to Loftus, and has been likened to the American figure of "
Rosie the Riveter
".
Painting:
Laura Knight
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