Summer Shell is here again

Shell poster number 443, Summer Shell is here again by Jack Miller. Cartoon style painting depicting two mermaids on a beach emerging from conch shells and combing their hair. Around them, a lobster plays a fiddle and a crab like creature plays a harp. Four fish appear to be dancing in the background. A galleon style ship sails on the sea near to a cliff.

Key facts

  • Catalogue Number

    443

  • Title

    Summer Shell is here again

  • Date

    1936

  • Artist

    Jack Miller

Jack Miller, painter, was born c.1920. Jack Beddington gave him this as his first commercial job. He was aged sixteen and still at Goldsmiths School of Art.

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