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Passenger Express, The Symbol of Comfortable Travel Collection: NRM - Pictorial Collection (Railway) Object Name: painting; oil painting; poster artwork Maker: Wilkinson, Norman Date Made: c. 1930 Materials: oil paint; canvas Measurements: overall; frame: 797 mm x 1180 mm x 55 mm,; overall; image: 749 mm x 1134 mm |
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Description: Painting, oil on canvas, Passenger Express, The Symbol of Comfortable Travel, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1930. Depicts Claughton class 4-6-0 locomotive number 5900 hauling an express passenger train, with smoke billowing from the locomotive's chimney. In the background is an arched overbridge, with another bridge in the distance. A permanent way worker stands beside the track, with a sledgehammer over his shoulder. Two more workers are visible further down the track. Signed by the artist bottom, left of centre. Original artwork for London, Midland & Scottish Railway poster. Framed and glazed with glass. |
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| Wilkinson, Norman 1878-1971, artist; marine painter; poster artist; etcher, English; British | |
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