© De Morgan Centre
Galleon Tile Panel
Artist: William Frend De Morgan (1839 - 1917)
Location: De Morgan Centre
Date: 1882-1900
Materials: painted earthenware tiles in oak frame
Dimensions: 60.5 x 153cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £40,732 (Total: £71,960)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 5747 (2006)
Provenance:
Private collection, America; Sotheby's, 2006.
Description:
Cconsisting of forty, six-inch square tiles, this panel represents a colourful and exotic scene of sailing ships, birds and sea creatures in a tropical island setting. Between 1882 and 1900 De Morgan was commissioned to design tiles panels for twelve P&O ocean liners. These liners inaugurated a new era of travel to the Far East at the height of the British Empire. While none of these ships or the installed panels survive, this is one of the four known duplicate sets.
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