Ready for Christmas: the Canteen under St. Martin's-in-the-Fields
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- Production date
- 1941
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- Materials
- medium: ink
- support: paper
- Dimensions
- Support: Height 326 mm
- Support: Width 503 mm
- Mount: Height 517 mm
- Mount: Width 672 mm
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- Category
- art
Object description
image: the interior of an underground canteen under St Martin-in-the-Fields church in London. In the foreground are tables
and chairs to the left and stacked chairs to the right. At the far end of the room is the canteen itself, with a man leaning on the counter
talking to a woman, who stands behind it. Another figure stands in the kitchen beyond. Christmas decorations hang from the ceiling and
there is a small Christmas tree on top of a cabinet on the right.
History note
War Artists Advisory Committee commission
Inscription
Shelter Canteen, Preparing for Christmas
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