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A factory floor scene depicting male and female workers building Hawker Hurricane warplanes during the Second World War. Partially assembled planes without wings are lined up in rows across the floor. More planes, nearer completion, are just visible in the next room at the top of the picture. In the left foreground stands a woman in black dungerees and a red top with a brush and paint pots in her hands. Next to her is another woman dressed in white overalls, working on the fuselage. In the centre is a red stepladder, inscribed 'Hurricane Inspection' in white. Two figures are working in the cockpit, with a third figure underneath the plane. Two more figures in white work on the engine.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Assembling a Hawker Hurricane

Date

1940–1947

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 45.7 x W 60.9 cm

Accession number

1947.402

Acquisition method

gift from HM Government, War Artists Advisory Committee, 1947

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Signed brc: Hewland

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Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester Art Gallery, Mosley Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester M2 3JL England

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Artist or maker

Elsie Dalton Hewland

1901–1979

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