
1 8 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 10cm
Description
'Travel in 1875'. Oil painting by Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, made in 1951, for a British Railways, London Midlands Region (BR/LMR) carriage print. The London & North Western Railway northbound tourist expres train is shown near Brinklow in Warwickshire. Travelling alongside the train is a barge, 'Sarah', on the Grand Union Canal. This was one of a series of paintings commisioned for carriage prints by George Dow, advertising manager of BR/LMR during the 1950s.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10301512
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