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What is the Rothenstein Mural in Southampton?

The Rothenstein Mural was painted in 1916 by Sir William Rothenstein, former principal of the Royal College of Art.

It shows a procession of academics and the conferring of a degree on an 'unknown soldier' undergraduate by the then Chancellor of Cambridge University.

It was presented to the Southampton in 1959 by the artist's son and features many noted academics from the time, including Vice-Chancellors and Chancellors, and the then-Poet Laureate Robert Bridges.

The mural was installed in the Senate Room in in 2014 as part of a commemoration of the centenary of the start of the war.

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