The Giant's Causeway

Made:: circa 1927

commissioner:: London Midland & Scottish Railway Company

maker:: Norman Wilkinson

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Painting, oil on canvas, The Giant's Causeway, Ireland for Holidays, by Norman Wilkinson, about 1927. Depicts the Giants Causeway rock formation on the coast of County Antrim. In the foreground are the sea and the hexagonal basalt columns of rock, with green cliffs behind. Signed by the artist at bottom left. Original artwork for a London Midland & Scottish Railway poster. Unframed.

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Category:: Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Object Number:: 1977-5764

Materials:: oil paint and canvas

Measurements:: overall; image: 558 mm x 556 mm

type:: painting, oil painting and poster artwork

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