Glorious Devon

Made:: circa 1953 in Devon

maker:: Louis Burleigh Bruhl

commissioner:: Great Western Railway

Glorious Devon (painting; oil painting; poster artwork)

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Painting, oil, Glorious Devon, by Louis Burleigh Bruhl, about 1928. Depicts a view of the Devon coast, looking over a sandy beach towards a village nestled in a wooded cliff, with a lighthouse on a promontory in the distance. A sailign boat emerges from the harbour, while a fisherman beaches a rowing boat. To the left a pair of palm trees on a rocky outcrop frame the scene. Original artwork for Great Western Railway poster. Framed and glazed.

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Category:: Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Object Number:: 1989-7156

Materials:: oil paint and canvas

Measurements:: frame: 965 mm x 1224 mm x 25 mm,
image: 854 mm x 1110 mm

type:: painting, oil painting and poster artwork

credit:: British Railways Board

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