The Claim for Shelter

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The Claim for Shelter is a Victorian-era social realist painting by Rebecca Solomon that highlights issues of poverty and social injustice, particularly the plight of homeless women and children.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian-era artwork
painting
social realist painting
addressesIssue child destitution
homelessness
urban social reform
women’s vulnerability in public space
artHistoricalSignificance example of a woman artist engaging with social reform themes in Victorian Britain
artist Rebecca Solomon NERFINISHED
artisticPeriod Victorian era
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Rebecca Solomon NERFINISHED
Rebecca Solomon (British Jewish woman artist) NERFINISHED
creatorGender female
creatorNationality British
depicts Victorian urban life
homeless children
homeless women
poverty
social injustice
depictsTimePeriod 19th century
genre social realism
hasPerspective social reformist viewpoint
hasStyle narrative realism
hasTitle The Claim for Shelter NERFINISHED
intendedAudience Victorian middle-class viewers
languageOfTitle English
mainSubject plight of homeless women and children
medium oil painting
movement social realism
partOf Victorian social realist art tradition
portrays interaction between poor women and institutional authority
theme charity and moral responsibility
gender and class
poverty and social inequality

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Rebecca Solomon notableWork The Claim for Shelter