'The First Passengers Disembarking From The Empire Windrush.

An original monogrammed watercolour painting by PJ Lynch for ”The Story of Britain” by Patrick Dillon.
It shows passengers disembarking from the Empire Windrush.
The painting measures 19 x 24 cm and the outer measurement of the white mount is 26 x 30 cm.

'The first ship to arrive from Jamaica was called the Empire Windrush.
The Jamaicans coming to Britain brought thick coats because they knew it would be cold. Some of them were doctors or teachers, and carefully packed their certificates, dreaming of the jobs they would find when they reached London. On the journey they talked about the country they were travelling to. They had all learned the story of Britain in school. They knew about Simon de Montfort and Queen Elizabeth I, about the civil wars and the Glorious Revolution. They knew about the Great Reform Act, the unions and the suffragettes.
"The British believe everyone is equal," they said. "It doesn't matter that we're black. We'll all have an equal chance." '