All Clear for the Guns on British Railways
- artist:
- Leslie Carr
Poster, Railway Executive Committee, All Clear for the Guns on British Railways by Leslie Carr, about 1942. Coloured lithograph depicting two trains on parallel tracks. On the left is a passenger train, hauled by a green 4-6-0 locomotive numbered 1401 halted at a signal. At right is a black locomotive, numbered 2127, with a train of artillery pieces. In the centre are two permanent way workers, and a sleeper lying on the ground. Text beneath reads "All clear for the guns on British Railways". Numbered 529A. Printed by Waterlow and Sons Limited.
Details
- Category:
- Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
- Object Number:
- 1990-7085
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
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overall: 1016 mm x 1270 mm
- type:
- poster
- credit:
- Onslow's Auctioneers (London)