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Tilbury for the Continent

Collection:  NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Name:  poster
Maker:  Wilkinson, Norman; S C Allen & Company Limited
Place Made:  England, United Kingdom
Date Made:  1927-1936
Materials:  paper (fibre product); linen (textile)
Measurements:  : 40 x 50 in.; 1016 x 1270 mm

Description:  London Midland & Scottish Railway poster. Tilbury for the Continent - SS Picard leaving Tilbury harbour at night. Text: SS"Picard" leaving Tilbury Marine for Dunkerque by Norman Wilkinson. R.I. The nightly Tilbury- Dunkerque Service affords connections with all parts of the Continent and is the most convenient Route from the Midlands and North of England to Paris, Basle, Italy and Central Europe. Format; Quad Royal, 40 x 50 inches, 1016 x 1270mm. The steamship Picard (formerly the Duke of Cumberland) operated between Tilbury and Dunkirk from 1927 to 1936

Object Number:  1976-9216

3 Related People

Wilkinson, Norman
1878-1971, artist; marine painter; poster artist; etcher, English; British
London, Midland & Scottish Railway
1923-1947, railway company, United Kingdom
S C Allen and Company Limited
active 1920s-1930s, poster printer, London, England and Belfast, Northern Ireland
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