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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

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.

Object Number:  1976-9234

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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