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This is one of a series of 39 paintings produced by Stephen Chaplin based upon his memories of his childhood during the Second World War in Orpington. Stephen Chaplin, his mother and father rush from their house to the relative safety of their garden shelter. Stephen wears his father's warden's 'tin hat' while he and Stephen's mother used a dustbin lid as an umbrella against falling shell fragments. In the background, the sky over Bromley is illiminated by parachute-born flares.

Central Library, Bromley

London

Title

Bromley Ringed by Flares, 16 April 1941

Date

2006

Medium

oil on canvas laid on panel

Measurements

H 30.5 x W 25.4 cm

Accession number

LDBMP: 2006.23.21

Acquisition method

gift from the artist, 2006

Work type

Painting

Central Library, Bromley

Central Library, 6th Floor High Street Bromley, London, Greater London BR1 1EX England

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Artist or maker

Stephen Chaplin

b.1934

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