Ascot Races

Made:: 1897 in London

artist:: George, Ben

publisher:: Great Western Railway

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Poster, Great Western Railway, Ascot Races, June 1897, by Ben George, Lithographer, London. Coloured lithograph, depicting carriages progressing along a tree-lined road in Windsor Home Park, with the Round Tower of Windsor Castle in the background. At bottom right is the G.W.R. seal. Additional text advertises "Frequent trains" and "Four-horse brake" services between Windsor Station and Ascot, with details of train and carriage fares for 15th to 18th June 1897.

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Category:: Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills

Object Number:: 2000-7507

Measurements:: : 47.5 x 27.25 in.; 1206.5 x 692.15 mm

type:: poster

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