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checking the pulse of his neighbouring veteran, presumed dead, at a church service). Most of the women are sewing, while one with a straw hat has poured tea into a saucer to drink, and another has a bible resting in her lap. A young woman stands nearby. More groups of women are in the shadows to
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The painting measures 198.5 cm × 110.5 cm (78.1 in × 43.5 in), and it is signed and dated "Hubert
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are sitting around a table, which is covered with white table cloth and has flowers in a vase. There are also prints on the wall (including one of the main figures from
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as a relatively comfortable place. The distorted perspective emphasises the cluster of women in the right foreground. Several cheerful elderly women in
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magazine, particularly his 1877 engraving "'Old Age – A Study at the
Westminster Union". Although sparsely furnished and decorated, Herkomer depicts the
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that year. It was praised when it was exhibited at the
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