Murals

NOTES: The college buildings incorporate Furzedown House a mansion of c. 1800 altered in 1862 by its owner Philip Flower. When built it was intended that the mural be infilled with mirror glass by the students.

NOTES: The college buildings incorporate Furzedown House a mansion of c. 1800 altered in 1862 by its owner Philip Flower. When built it was intended that the mural be infilled with mirror glass by the students.

NOTES: The painting in the tympanum of the Virgin and Child has the date MDLXIIII (1564) around the edge. The door has two carved eagles in the two central panels, which are symbols of St John.

NOTES: Here the walls were panelled in coromandel lacquer of deep brown-red with gilt overlay, and depicted hunting scenes. The grand staircase can be seen in the background. At the head of the staircase was the statue of 'La Normandie' by Baudry.

NOTES: The Grand Salon may have been the ship's most palatial room; it was initially compared to the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. Below the 31-foot-tall ceiling were four glass-relief murals, each more than 20 feet tall and about 30 feet wide, made up of about a hundred individual panels. They depicted the ancient gods cavorting at sea, with tall sailing ships in the background. The French architect Roger-Henri Expert was in charge of the overall decorative scheme and the painter Jean Dupas designed the murals.