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Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring : ウィキペディア英語版 | Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring
''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 (WAAC), 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". ==Background== The WAAC commissioned Knight to paint a portrait to bolster female recruitment to the ordnance factories as the Ministry of Supply were concerned at the level of disaffection and absenteeism among women in the factories. The resulting painting, made in the autumn of 1942, is one of the largest oil paintings in the entire WAAC collection and the largest single figure portrait it acquired throughout the war. It was painted in the Royal Ordnance Factory in Newport, South Wales and shows a young woman, Ruby Loftus, performing a highly skilled piece of work on an industrial lathe. The component being worked is the breech ring of a double-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun designed to fire twenty rounds per minute. Any lack of precision in forming the breech ring could result in the gun being destroyed when fired. In peace-time this task would only be performed by a man with eight or nine years' experience but 21-year-old Ruby Loftus mastered the technique after only a year or two of training.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ruby Loftus screwing a breech-ring – Dame Laura Knight RA (1877–1970) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Gun Girl – Ruby Loftus – Dame Laura Knight's Newport commission )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ruby Loftus screwing a breech-ring – Dame Laura Knight RA (1877–1970) )〕
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