Glorious Devon
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.
Details
- Category:
- Pictorial Collection (Railway)
- Object Number:
- 1989-7156
- Measurements:
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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