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Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
East of England

Hillfield Road / Marlowes
(NCP car park.)

Tile Mosaic Map

Rowland Emett
1960

Description

Rectangular mural measuring approximately 5m in height and 12m in width, presenting a whimsical semi-abstract map of Hemel Hempstead and its surrounding towns and villages (clockwise from top right: Ayot St Lawrence, St Albans, Hatfield, Bovingdon, Berkhamsted, Whipsnade and Dunstable). Each town name is illustrated with a hand-painted caricature, usually an historical character associated with the area. They are linked by roads and rivers (formed of red and blue tesserae) and surrounded by a background of grey tesserae. Below the Hemel Hempstead panel, a panel depicts a railway locomotive and carriages heading south-east to Euston. In each of the four corners are panels representing historic modes of transport (clockwise from top-right: a train, space rocket, car and horse-drawn carriage).

The map was designed by Rowland Emett and painted by Phyllis Butler of Carter Tiles Ltd., Poole.

Hemel Hempstead - Tile Mosaic Map
hemel hempstead
King Henry VIII hunting in the woods near Hemel Hempstead; the old church and new housing development
ayot st lawrence
The Irish writer George Bernard Shaw (Dublin 1856-Ayot St. Lawrence 1950) lying in the grass with a scrol.
st albans
Roman soldier on a scooter
Hemel Hempstead - Tile Mosaic Map
hatfield
Queen Elizabeth I watching a Comet airliner
bovingdon
probably Bovingdon airfield and HM Prison
berkhamsted
William the Conqueror offering a key to man on tower

whipsnade
Whipsnade Zoo
dunstable
man sitting on a bird
to euston
train

In the corners:

Hemel Hempstead - Tile Mosaic Map
horse-drawn carriage
train
car
space rocket

Signature

emett

Sculptor

Frederick Rowland Emett (London 1906 - Sussex 1990), English cartoonist and constructor of whimsical kinetic sculpture, from Birmingham (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, List of public art in Hemel Hempstead.
Historic England, Tile Mosaic Map (Emett Mosaic).
Liverpool Echo, Thursday 25 August 1960 (British Newspaper Archive).
Birmingham Daily Post, Friday 26 August 1960 (idem).

Locatie (N 51°45'9" - W 0°28'19") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbee128; Photograph: 23 March 2019
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hemel hempstead King Henry VIII hunting in the woods near Hemel Hempstead; the old church and new housing development	ayot st lawrence The Irish writer George Bernard Shaw (Dublin 1856-Ayot St. Lawrence 1950) lying in the grass with a scrol.	st albans Roman soldier on a scooter
hatfield Queen Elizabeth I watching a Comet airliner	bovingdon probably Bovingdon airfield and HM Prison	berkhamsted William the Conqueror offering a key to man on tower
whipsnade Whipsnade Zoo	dunstable man sitting on a bird	to euston train