North East Dales

Made:: circa 1946 in England

artist:: Edwin Byatt

commissioner:: London & North Eastern Railway

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Painting, oil on canvas, North East Dales by Edwin Byatt about 1946. Depicts a farmer, holding a crook, with a flock of sheep walking towards a castle in the foreground, with a river valley and abbey below. Possibly inspired by Bolton Castle in Wensleydale, or Barden Tower in Wharfedale, Yorkshire. Original artwork for the London & North Eastern Railway poster North East Dales.

Details

Category:: Pictorial Collection (Railway)

Object Number:: 1988-8116

Materials:: oil paint and canvas

Measurements:: frame: 914 mm x 1346 mm x 44 mm,
image: 770 mm x 1206 mm

type:: painting, oil painting and poster artwork

credit:: British Rail, Add. not known

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