Client: Royal Museums Greenwich
Location: London
Size: 20 sqm
Timeframe: 2024
Location: London
Size: 20 sqm
Timeframe: 2024
Working with the Royal Museums Greenwich, we designed a new display at the National Maritime Museum, showcasing their new acquisition of Charles Hare's uniform.
Charles Hare, a 19-year-old British Royal Navy midshipman escaped a prisoner-of-war camp dressed in a Napoleonic customs officer's uniform coat and hat. With his pet dog, they travelled through Europe through trains, a series of boats and made it all the way back to Lincolnshire.
Follow his personal and moving accounts of fearing being discovered, if caught would be executed for espionage.
Photographs by Joe Burford Photography
