Posted by Scott Andrews on February 01, 1999 at 13:24:19 in 205.147.245.41:
In Reply to: Re: Imperial War Museum posted by Bob Read on January 30, 1999 at 16:06:52:
The camouflage applied to the Olympic, Mauritania, Leviathan, etc. was specifically designed for each vessel by the artist Norman Wilkinson, painter of the paintings hung over the mantle of the 1st class smoking room fireplaces aboard both Olympic and Titanic. He was retained by the Admiralty for this purpose. I've seen the color renderings for the Mary and the France reproduced before, so I'll venture a guess and say that the same probably exists for the Olympic somewhere out there. They were reproduced in a book, the title of which I do not know. If anyone knows of the reproductions or of the book of which I speak, please check to see if the source is credited, and post that information here.
Regards,
Scott