'World's largest charcoal drawing' to be unveiled on HMS Warrior in Portsmouth

The artwork features around one thousand faces Credit: ITV News Meridian

What's believed to be the world's largest charcoal drawing is to be unveiled in Portsmouth later today.

The mural by artist Pete Codling will appear on a lifesize replica sail.

It features around one thousand faces of people with a connection to the city's dockyard.

The artwork is roughly the size of a tennis court Credit: ITV News Meridian

Including figures like Charles Dickens and Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson.

It measures 17 metres in length and 10 metres in height, roughly the size of a tennis court.

The artwork, that's been three years in the making, will be hung off HMS Warrior.

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