Second Class Drawing Room on the 'Aquitania' (1914)

Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing the Second Class Drawing Room, on the Bridge Deck (B Deck); a view from the starboard side, looking towards the fireplace at the forward end.

The Neoclassical decoration incorporates scrolling acanthus leaves and griffins; all were part of the repertoire of ornaments employed by Robert Adam.

Object Details

ID: G10874
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: 254 mm x 305 mm