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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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