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Lot Essay
The locomotive depicted in the foreground is a BR ex-LMS 'Black Five' mixed traffic 4-6-0, designed by Sir William Stanier and built from 1935-1944.
Terence Cuneo himself explains the reason behind the unusually emotive title of the painting Memories of Willesden Junction in a note written by him in a book as 'with cylinders cocks open and roaring, an LMS 'Black Five' begins to move out. I refer to this picture as a memory, as it was here, in the summer of 1937, that I used to drive steam engines (unofficially of course!).'
We would like to thank Carole Cuneo for her assistance in cataloging this lot.
Terence Cuneo himself explains the reason behind the unusually emotive title of the painting Memories of Willesden Junction in a note written by him in a book as 'with cylinders cocks open and roaring, an LMS 'Black Five' begins to move out. I refer to this picture as a memory, as it was here, in the summer of 1937, that I used to drive steam engines (unofficially of course!).'
We would like to thank Carole Cuneo for her assistance in cataloging this lot.