Title

'Canteen piece', 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton.

Caption

'Canteen piece', 1941. A soldier orders a cup of tea in the forces canteen at Victoria Station. The soldier pictured was the butler of a close friend of the photographer Cecil Beaton. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1941]. (Colorised black and white print).
The Print Collector collection

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D16_100

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

57,4Mb (2,2Mb) / 15,9in x 14,0in / 4776 x 4200 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation London England female women woman people male interior indoors man men serving guy railway color colour station Victoria war Westminster railway station century train station inside photograph soldiers soldier canteen wartime lady concept 1940s two people victoria station colourised publication Forties World War II World War two WWII world war 2 20th century City of Westminster The Print Collector decade Second World War TGN war effort WW2 photograph 2nd World War Cecil Beaton Beaton Cecil Walter Hardy colorised Air of Glory HM Stationery Office Office HM Stationery HMSO HM Stationery Office photograph