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British Industries, Steel

Collection:  NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Name:  poster
Maker:  Jack, Richard; London, Midland & Scottish Railway; Eyre & Spottiswoode
Place Made:  London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Date Made:  1924
Materials:  paper; linen
Measurements:  overall: 1038 mm x 1297 mm

Description:  Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, British Industries, Steel by Richard Jack, R A, 1924. Coloured lithograph depicting a steelworks set against a lurid evening sky. In the foreground are railway tracks. Text beneath with the letters "LMS" and the company crest. Text in bottom margin reads "LMS R.A. Series No.10. Printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd." Format: quad royal. Dimensions: 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270 mm. One of a series of sixteen posters by members of the Royal Academy commissioned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1924.

Object Number:  1979-7919

2 Related People

Jack, Richard
1866-1952, active 1910s-1920s, artist; landscape artist; portraitist; poster artist, British
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
1923-1947, railway company, United Kingdom
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