In 1949, Bawden provided illustrations for the book "London is London – A Selection of Prose and Verse by D. M. Low". Bawden completed a series of eleven murals for the First Class lounge of the P&O liner "Oronsay", which was launched in 1951. The theme was the English pub and Bawden depicted traditional pub names, such as the Rose & Crown, in purely visual form in his design. For the Festival of Britain in 1951 he created a mural, "English Country Life", that was displayed in the entrance of The Lion and the Unicorn Pavilion.