British Industries - Coal poster proof

Made:
1924
publisher:
London Midland & Scottish Railway Company
maker:
George Clausen
and
George Clausen
and
David Allen and Sons Limited

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Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, British Industries, Coal by George Clausen, R.A., 1924. Coloured lithograph depicting miners returning home after work. In the background are lines of railway wagons marked "LMS" and "Bolsover", and beyond the colliery pithead, winding gear and smoke drifting from an engine house chimney. Proof copy with space below the illustration left blank for lettering. Format quad royal, 1016 x 1270mm. One of a series of sixteen posters by members of the Royal Academy commissioned by the London, Midland & Scottish Railway in 1924.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1978-8957
Materials:
paper
type:
poster