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2009/64/6
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The Diversity of British Farming – Root crops: The Fens,
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This is an original cartoon design by Michael O'Connell, which was used to create one of a set of wall hangings which were displayed in the Country Pavilion of the 1951 Festival of Britain. This cartoon depicts The Fens, and shows a windmill in the centre with six sails, surrounded by even square fields, with the occasional farmhouse, and Ely Cathedral in the top right and Lincoln Cathedral in the top left.
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1 cartoon: paper
[nb-NO]Archival history[nb-NO]
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Seven original cartoons for Festival of Britain wall hangings by Michael O'Connell (2009/64/1-7). // All of water-based paint on paper. They show Scotland + Wales (1), Rutland, (2), Cheshire, (3), Northern Ireland (4), Yorkshire (5), The Fens (6), and Kent (7). // ... These cartoons were donated by Michael O'Connell's son Seamus O'Connell...'
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1951
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