Object number
2009/64/5
Title
The Diversity of British Farming – The grain belt: Yorkshire,
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Description
Original cartoon design by Michael O'Connell, used to create a wall hangings for the 1951 Festival of Britain. It depicts Yorkshire.
This is an original cartoon design by Michael O'Connell, which was used to create one of a set of wall hangings which were displayed in the Country Pavilion of the 1951 Festival of Britain. This cartoon depicts Yorkshire, and shows a farm in the top right and top left, with a tractor in the foreground, surrounded by fields.
Physical description
1 cartoon: paper
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Seven original cartoons for Festival of Britain wall hangings by Michael O'Connell (2009/64/1-7). // All of water-based paint on paper. They show Scotland + Wales (1), Rutland, (2), Cheshire, (3), Northern Ireland (4), Yorkshire (5), The Fens (6), and Kent (7). // ... These cartoons were donated by Michael O'Connell's son Seamus O'Connell...'
Production date
1951
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