The RMS 'Mauretania' Hanne Hellesen Half-length portrait of Francis Bacon

Half-length portrait of Francis Bacon

in site on a leaf of Cycas and detail studies of adult and immature females

(The Plasterer)

an area behind St Martin-in-the-Fields then inhabited by cooks

103 (1813)

The RMS 'Mauretania' Hanne Hellesen Half-length portrait of Francis BaconThe RMS 'Mauretania', 20th century. RMS 'Mauretania', sister ship of the Lusitania, was an ocean liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson at Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, and was launched on 20 September 1906. At the time, she was the largest and fastest ship in the world. Particularly notable was her steam turbine propulsion, which was a revolutionary development in ocean liner design.