VE night, Piccadilly Circus

Place Europe: United Kingdom, England, Greater London, London
Accession Number ART26250
Collection type Art
Measurement Framed: 62.2 cm x 54.5 cm; Unframed: 45.9 cm x 38.2 cm
Object type Painting
Physical description oil on board
Maker Colahan, Colin
Place made United Kingdom: England, Greater London, London
Date made 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A jubilant scene, as men and women dance in the street on VE night which heralded the end of the Second World War. English and American flags are flown from the windows of the buildings that line Piccadilly Circus, London, England.