hand cut metal cinema marquee letters The mosaics were keenly bought

The mosaics were keenly bought by passing sailors to take home to a loved one as a gift or token of his esteem

pierhead artist or painter is the term usually given to a self taught artist who specialised in painting ship portraits for the men and women who sailed them

450mm diameter

Hannah woodman's paintings are held in private and public collections both in the uk and internationally

hand cut metal cinema marquee letters The mosaics were keenly boughtlarge l and m hand cut metal cinema marquee letters letter height 325 mm a large l and m made of metal and dating from the mid 1930's to the mid 1940's. the letters would have originally been part of an alphabet placed on the marquee of a London west end cinema to spell out the name of the production on show at the time.