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Liverpool & Manchester Railway locomotive Samson

circa 1959

Painting, oil on board, Liverpool & Manchester Railway 0-4-0 locomotive Samson, by G Harrison, about 1959. Depicts the locomotive seen from the right front, with a driver and fireman on the footplate. On the tracks alongside are wagons and passenger carriages, and there are buildings in the background. Framed, unglazed.

The Tower of London

circa 1938

Painting, oil, original poster artwork, The Tower of London, British Railways, by Christopher Clark, about 1938. Depicts Yeoman Warders, or Beefeaters, parading for inspection at the Tower of London, with the White Tower in the background. The warders carry pikes and wear uniforms of knee-length scarlet tunics, scarlet knee-breeches and stockings, and round brimmed hats called Tudor Bonnets. Original artwork for London, Midland & Scottish Railway poster.

[Two carts in a barn]

circa 1890

Oil painting, Untitled, of two carts in a barn, in original frame, by Stanhope Alexander Forbes, Cornwall, England, c. 1890

[Liverpool Street Station]

1991

Painting, oil on canvas, [Liverpool Street Station] by Graham Rider, 1991. View looking down over the station concourse from the top of the stairs to the upper level mezzanine/balcony. There is a woman walking down the stairs carrying a handbag and shopping bag. There is a man on the balcony at the right edge of the painting. The painting shows the station during the day. Commissioned by British Railways Board. 'GR' in the lower right corner. Framed, unglazed.