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04/11/2011 12:52 am
FYI: While going through an archival box of MQ materials today at the museum, I found a 1976 notation concerning the creator of the mermaids. They were done by Patricia Turner, a British sculptor.
04/11/2011 2:39 am
They were exhibited at the British Design Council in London in 1975.
Core Record*DCSC*- VADS: the online resource for visual arts
If this doesn't take you directly to the image, type in "mermaids" in the search box. If you type in "mississippi queen" it will take you to numerous slides on the design of the queen.
04/11/2011 12:56 pm
Bob,
That is the single most amazing discovery I have seen on the internet related to the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN! I looked through the pictures and found things I never knew, like about the creator of the bas reliefs from the Centre Bar (Philip Kemp). Wonder where they ended up (as they were removed in a remodel in the late 1980's)? She was so well thought out, it is a wonder she didn't survive.
Someday, someone will get all this together and print the quintessential book on her. This is just one of the findings that must be part of it. Not to mention interviews with her first crew (who are left) and her last crew (get on that while you can...cause some of them are gonna start to check out soon, too!).
Seems a shame there was so much put into her and no one realizes the loss.
Travis