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QUEEN MOTHER, MORLEY COLLEGE OPENING, LAMBETH NORTH

QUEEN MOTHER, MORLEY COLLEGE OPENING, LAMBETH NORTH

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother viewing the 'Canterbury Tales' mural by Edward Bawden (shown here with his wife) at the official opening in October 1958 of the rebuilt Morley College. A previous mural painted by him and Eric Ravilious in 1928-30 had been destroyed, along with much of the college, by bombing in 1940. He was commissioned to paint this new mural for the Refectory in 1958. Photograph from Morley College Album.
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Ref:08165
Identifier:18/ Morley Album
Date:1958

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