The Artist and the King

The life of the artist Charles Sims and his controversial, little-known mural in St Stephen’s Hall, Westminster depicting King John at Runnymede. 

Charles Sims' 'Magna Carta', in St Stephen's Hall, Westminster, 1925-7.

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