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| Alfred Munnings Study of George Curzon, Groom 1908 oil on canvas Munnings Art Museum, Colchester, Essex |
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| John Currie Seamstresses 1913 oil on canvas Burton Gallery, University of Leeds |
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| Mark Gertler The Fruit Sorters 1914 oil on canvas New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester |
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| Charles Lamb A Lough Neagh Fisherman 1920 oil on canvas Ulster Museum, Belfast |
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| James Bateman The Cook 1924 oil on canvas Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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| Frederick William Elwell Kitchen Scene in the Beverley Arms 1929 oil on canvas National Trust, Nunnington Hall, Yorkshire |
Kitchen Fable
The fork lived with the knife
and found it hard – for years
took nicks and scratches,
not to mention cuts.
She who took tedium by the ears:
nonforthcoming pickles,
defiant stretched-out lettuce,
sauce-gooed particles.
He who came down whack.
His conversation, even, edged.
Lying beside him in the drawer
she formed a crazy patina.
The seasons stacked –
melons, succeeded by cured pork.
He dulled; he was a dull knife,
while she was, after all, a fork.
– Eleanor Ross Taylor (2009)
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| Duncan Grant Sheep Shearer ca. 1930 oil on paper Usher Gallery, Lincoln |
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| Ernst Neuschul Untitled (Cockle Picker) ca. 1940 oil on board Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales |
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| Robert Sivell Dehydration of Herrings 1943 oil on canvas Glasgow Museums |
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| Derek Hill Bernard Berenson's Housekeeper ca. 1949-54 oil on panel Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh |
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| Norman Alford The Cowman 1952 oil on canvas Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria |
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| Ian Massie Hammer Men 1956 oil on canvas Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen |
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| John Ronayne Warder 1977 oil on board Victoria & Albert Museum |
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| Michael Murfin Hot Day 1980 oil on canvas Southbank Centre, London |
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| Sandro Chia Water Bearer at Work 1981 oil and pastel on canvas Tate Modern, London |