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This mural, made of five panels, was originally made for the decoration of the Nelson Bar on board HMS ‘Campania’. This aircraft carrier, converted as a floating display space, toured British ports as a microcosm of the Festival of Britain exhibition on London’s South Bank in 1951. The Festival had been organized to promote British contributions to arts, sciences and industries at a time of post-war austerity and recovery. Ships and the sea featured largely in the Festival, not only because of their aesthetic appeal and the role they played in the economy, but also because they symbolized a romantic, timeless sense of Britishness. Alan Sorrell’s mural celebrates the fishing communities along the coast of Britain in charming individual scenes, separated by a decorative device of ropes held aloft by seagulls.
Title
Working Boats from around the British Coast
Date
1951
Medium
paint on plywood panel
Measurements
H 131.4 x W 954.1 cm
Accession number
ZBA5905
Acquisition method
purchased with the assistance of the Society for Nautical Research Macpherson Fund
Work type
Painting
National Maritime Museum
Romney Road, Greenwich, London, Greater London SE10 9NF England
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