Lot Essay
Illustrating the importance of the railway at night, this poster was commissioned to advertise the arrival of British Railway's new diesel locomotives.
NIGHT FREIGHT, BRITISH RAILWAYS, LONDON MIDLAND REGION
Details
CUNEO, Terence
NIGHT FREIGHT, BRITISH RAILWAYS, LONDON MIDLAND REGION
lithograph in colours, 1960, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, vertical and horizontal fold marks, pin holes, tears, losses and staining, scotch tape on reverse
40 x 50in. (102 x 127cm.)
and Progress; Clapham Junction; Service to Industry and The Tay Bridge all by T.Cuneo (5)
NIGHT FREIGHT, BRITISH RAILWAYS, LONDON MIDLAND REGION
lithograph in colours, 1960, printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London, vertical and horizontal fold marks, pin holes, tears, losses and staining, scotch tape on reverse
40 x 50in. (102 x 127cm.)
and Progress; Clapham Junction; Service to Industry and The Tay Bridge all by T.Cuneo (5)
Literature
Cuneo, p.45