Post by Administrator on Jul 16, 2013 23:49:09 GMT
The Cutty Sark FIRST DAY COVER:
During the year of the convoy, please spare a thought for the Cutty Sark:
In the wall at the southern end of the ship’s dry dock is a large sculptural piece. This is the memorial to the Merchant Navy. When it was decided that the ship would find a permanent new home here in Greenwich as a museum, it was felt that Cutty Sark would also be a fitting place to commemorate the men of the Merchant Navy.
The memorial was designed by the sculptor Maurice Lambert. Born in Paris in 1901, Lambert began his art training through his apprenticeship to the sculptor Francis Derwent Wood. He was a sculptor in bronze, stone, wood, concrete and glass of figurative and abstract subjects.
LINK: www.bfdc.co.uk/2013/merchant_navy/the_cutty_sark.html
K.
During the year of the convoy, please spare a thought for the Cutty Sark:
In the wall at the southern end of the ship’s dry dock is a large sculptural piece. This is the memorial to the Merchant Navy. When it was decided that the ship would find a permanent new home here in Greenwich as a museum, it was felt that Cutty Sark would also be a fitting place to commemorate the men of the Merchant Navy.
The memorial was designed by the sculptor Maurice Lambert. Born in Paris in 1901, Lambert began his art training through his apprenticeship to the sculptor Francis Derwent Wood. He was a sculptor in bronze, stone, wood, concrete and glass of figurative and abstract subjects.
LINK: www.bfdc.co.uk/2013/merchant_navy/the_cutty_sark.html
K.