Painting in the First Class Smoking Room on the 'Aquitania' (1914)

Interior of the passenger liner 'Aquitania' (1914) showing a painting on the port side of the central part of the First Class Smoking Room (also called Carolean Smoking Room), on the Promenade Deck (A Deck). The painting was inspired by 'Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula' by Claude (circa 1604-1682), in the National Gallery, London. A baroque console table and two baroque torchères are also visible.

The design of the interiors on the 'Aquitania' was largely the work of Arthur Joseph Davis (1878-1951) of the architects Mewès & Davis, London. The decoration of the First Class Smoking Room was carried out by W. & E. Thornton-Smith Ltd, London.

Object Details

ID: G10884
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: 305 x 254 mm