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Hertfordshire Aldbury Village

Collection:  NRM - Pictorial Collection (Railway)
Object Name:  painting; oil painting; poster artwork
Maker:  Merriott, Jack; British Railways, London Midland Region
Date Made:  1949
Materials:  oil paint; canvas
Measurements:  image: 813 mm x 610 mm

Description:  Painting, oil on canvas, 'Hertfordshire, Aldbury Village', by Jack Merriott, 1949. Poster artwork for British Railways (London Midland Region) and part of the 'See Britain by Rail' series. Depicts the view looking across the village pond to the stocks, beneath a tree, with an ivy-covered half-timbered house beyond. In the distance is the parish church of St John the Baptist. Signed by the artist at bottom right. Unframed.

Object Number:  1977-5739

2 Related People

Merriott, Jack
1901-1968, poster artist, British
British Railways, London Midland Region
1948-1992, railway company regional authority, British
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