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Launch of TSS Duke of York, Queen's Island, Belfast
Collection: NRM - Pictorial Collection (Railway) Object Name: oil painting Maker: Wilkinson, Norman Date Made: 1935 Materials: oil paint; canvas Measurements: overall: 818 mm x 1195 mm |

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Description: Painting, oil on canvas, Launch of TSS Duke of York, Queen's Island, Belfast, by Norman Wilkinson, 1935. Depicts the ship sliding stern first down the slipway, with cranes on either side. There are workers on the bow, and a union flag on the flagpole. A tug is steaming on the River Lagan, and in the background are the shipyards and houses on the opposite bank. Original artwork for London Midland & Scottish Railway poster. Framed.
Object Number: 1976-9323 |
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| Wilkinson, Norman 1878-1971, artist; marine painter; poster artist; etcher, English; British
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