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Virtues - Humour

Erection date: 25/11/1952

Inscription

{On the front cover of the book:} Who's Who

Lady Diana Cooper as Britannia sits on a lion which clutches a Union Jack shield. She holds the book 'Who's Who' and is awarding a laurel wreath to a comical fat-bellied chap in top hat and tails, who is tugging her drapery. Dressed as a gentleman this 'Punch' character has facial similarities with the character that often figured on front pages of the magazine Punch.

Site: National Gallery - Anrep mosaics - Virtues (15 memorials)

WC2, Trafalgar Square, National Gallery - Staircase Hall - North Vestibule

See National Gallery - Anrep mosaics - Muses for general information about these mosaic floors.

The 1954 'Modern Virtues' is in a style very different from that of the earlier 'Muses' floor, with scenes depicted inside frames which carry each scene’s title. These panels appear to be laid on a mosaic floor with a geometric pattern, on which autumnal leaves have fallen – trompe l'oeil in mosaic.

This 'Modern Virtues' floor was gifted (which we take to mean funded) by Maud Russell and opened on 25 November 1952.

To avoid database clutter we have put the Creator links on just the page for the Anrep panel.

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Virtues - Humour

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Punch magazine

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Lady Diana Cooper

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