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Description: | Amidst the devastation of the Blitz, an air-raid warden directs a woman with two children to a shelter. He supports an elderly man, who brandishes his cane at a night sky criss-crossed with searchlights. In the background, the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is partly hidden by smoke and blazing, ruined buildings.
Nettie Moon's painting was painted from memory in 1979 as part of a competition to depict the 'Spirit of London'. She portrays Londoners as resilient and defiant in the face of the remorseless German bombing campaign.
Initially a fabric designer, Moon turned to photography. She worked for and later became a partner in the commercial photography firm, R G Dorretts. Moon was the first woman president of the Institute of Incorporated Photographers in 1954. She discovered her talent as an amateur painter following her retirement. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Digital image Museum of London | Subjects: | Identity and Icons London at War Art and Design | Temporal: | 1979 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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