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Coronation Time: The Flood-lit Tower of Bristol University, 1953

by Clifford Hanney (1890-1990)

Clifford Hanney painted this picture of the Wills Memorial Building in 1953, when the country was celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The woman on the right is the artist's wife and the figure behind her, wearing a hat, is probably Hanney himself.