Painting, oil on canvas, Launch of TSS Duke of York, Queen's Island, Belfast, by Norman Wilkinson, 1935. Depicts the ship sliding stern first down the slipway, with cranes on either side. There are workers on the bow, and a union flag on the flagpole. A tug is steaming on the River Lagan, and in the background are the shipyards and houses on the opposite bank. Original artwork for London Midland & Scottish Railway poster. Framed.
Details
- Category:
- Pictorial Collection (Railway)
- Object Number:
- 1976-9323
- Measurements:
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overall: 815 mm x 1193 mm
- type:
- painting and oil painting
