London Midland & Scottish Railway locomotive in Persia taking supplies to Russia
- Made:
- circa 1945
- maker:
- Norman Wilkinson
- commissioner:
- London Midland & Scottish Railway Company
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Painting, oil on canvas, poster artwork for the London Midland & Scottish Railway, London Midland & Scottish Railway locomotive in Persia taking supplies to Russia, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1945. Depicts an 8F class 2-8-0 goods locomotive with a train of oil tanks crossing a desert, leaving a trail of smoke behind. There are snow-covered mountains in the background, and at right two men with a caravan of three camels. From The LMS at War series. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Unframed.
Details
- Category:
- Pictorial Collection (Railway)
- Object Number:
- 1977-5748
- Measurements:
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overall; image: 760 mm x 1142 mm
- type:
- painting, oil painting and poster artwork
