Decorative painting in the Grand Entrance on the 'Aquitania' (1914)

Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the painting and carved bas-relief over the First Class Main Staircase, at Promenade Deck (A Deck) level. The painting is a‘Roman Capriccio’ by Giovanni Pannini (1691-1765), showing the Colosseum, the Borghese Warrior, the Dying Gaul, the Tomb of Cestius, the Arch of Constantine and the Borghese vase.

The decoration of the Grand Entrance was carried out by Marcel Boulanger, Paris.

Object Details

ID: G10835
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bedford Lemere & Co
Vessels: Aquitania (1914)
Date made: 1914
People: John Brown & Company; Mewes & Davis
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 305 mm x 254 mm