Charing Cross Station Decoration - murals of history

 

Charing Cross Station platform mural. Photo by Angela Lansbury.  Copyright.

For a quick free introduction to London, stop for 5 to 10 minutes on Charing Cross station platform to read the murals about the history of the station, and the historic events of the area.

Charing Cross station is next to Trafalgar Square. On the north side of Trafalgar Square if the imposing National Gallery of Art. Behind that, looking north, is the National Portrait Gallery.

In the station, the underground railway station, on the Bakerloo line platform, are murals showing the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery.   

I took the above photo on the Bakerloo line platform on arrival (from north London, West Harrow). The mural shows an historic scene. 

The twelve men were wearing large white ruffs around their necks. Their clothes are all black. 

The elaborate tablecloth is coloured red, which would hide stains such as blood stains from meat. The pattern would also help to hide stains.

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