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The Permanent Way Collection: NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills Object Name: poster Maker: Forbes, Stanhope Alexander; London, Midland & Scottish Railway; Jordison and Company Limited Date Made: c.1924 Materials: paper (fibre product); linen (textile) Measurements: overall: 1030 mm x 1296 mm |
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Description: Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "The Permanent Way, Relaying by Stanhope Forbes R.A.", after 1924. Depicts a track-laying gang at work under the supervision of a foreman, as a lookout keeps watch and a train approaches in the background. One of a series of sixteen posters by members of the Royal Academy commissioned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1924 - probable later edition as the font is sans serif unlike the rest of the series and the border is missing from around the text at the bottom. Format: quad royal. Other ids: ERO 53351. |
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3 Related People | |
| Forbes, Stanhope Alexander 1857-1947, artist, Irish; British | |
| Jordison and Company Limited active 1930s, printer; poster printer, London; Middlesbrough | |
| London, Midland & Scottish Railway 1923-1947, railway company, United Kingdom | |
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