Object number
2009/64/6
Title
The Diversity of British Farming – Root crops: The Fens,
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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 The Fens.
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 The Fens, and shows a windmill in the centre with six sails, surrounded by even square fields, with the occasional farmhouse, and Ely Cathedral in the top right and Lincoln Cathedral in the top left.
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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