Mural Study, Jacques Cartier dining room, "The Empress of Britain" ocean liner

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Mural Study, Jacques Cartier dining room, "The Empress of Britain" ocean liner
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  • Title :     Mural Study, Jacques Cartier dining room, "The Empress of Britain" ocean liner
  • Artist:     Sir Frank Brangwyn Artist
  • Accession:     85.5.46
  • Country:     Great Britain London
  • Date:     circa 1929
  • Dimensions:     Inches 51-3/8 51-3/8 Dimensions, framed Inches 48 48 Dimensions, unframed, Centimeters 130.5 130.5 Dimensions, framed Centimeters 121.9 121.9 Dimensions, unframed
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Interior Design
  • Collection Theme:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
  • Subject:     Ocean Travel , Travel , Transportation , Food and Beverage , Interior Decoration
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     85.5.46.JPG
  • Tags:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Paintings and Sculpture~Interior Design
Description:
Oil on Masonite four panel study for the ocean liner "The Empress of Britain"; all panels are grouped and framed together; depicts pair of native women with baskets of fruit on their heads; this ocean liner was launched in June 1930 and sunk in WWII.