A Sovereign Nation

Bringing 2020 to a close, Liss Llewellyn are delighted to present A Sovereign Nation – a Visual Record of 20th Century Britain in Twenty-Five Pictures.

This online exhibition includes works with noteworthy titles such as A Land Fit for Heroes, Winston Churchill: Our Heritage, The Englishman’s Home and The Neverland by artists including Mary Adshead, Robert Austin, Banksy, Claude Francis Barry, Peter Blake, David Evans, Karl Hagedorn, Edward Halliday, Richard Hamilton, John Hassall, Gladys Hynes, Percy Jowett, Laura Knight, Fortunino Matania, Thomas Monnington, Laurence Norris, John Piper, Paula Rego, Jamie Reid, Charles Sims, Alan Sorrell, and Alfred Reginald Thomson …

Works FEATURED in this Exhibition

Private
Collection
Laugh now, but one day we’ll be in charge, 2003
Private
Collection
Paula Rego (1935 -)
The Neverland, 1992
Private
Collection
Peter Blake (1930)
Through The Looking Glass, 1970
Private
Collection
Jamie Reid (1947 -)
Never Mind The Bollocks
Private
Collection
Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different?, 1956
Private
Collection
Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)
A Culinary Map of Britain, (Design for glass map for Paris Exhibition 1937 )
Karl Hagedorn (1889 - 1969)
‘England’, mid 1930’s
Private
Collection
David Evans (1929 - 1988)
A Family Gathering, circa 1965
Private
Collection
David Evans (1929 - 1988)
The Club, 1975
Private
Collection
Upper class diners at The Savoy on election night, 1922
Reception at India Office on the King’s Birthday, June 25th 1912
Private
Collection
Edward Halliday (1902 - 1984)
Altar (War and Peace), 1939
Forthcoming
John Piper (1903 - 1992)
The Englishman’s Home, 1951
Private
Collection
Percy Jowett (1892 - 1955)
England, circa 1918
Private
Claude Francis Barry (1883 - 1970)
The Heart of the Empire: Our Finest Hour, 1940