Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 140

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
JACK MERRIOT (1901-1968) THE WEST HIGHLAND LINE. 1959.
40x50 inches, 101 1/2x127 cm. Stafford & Co., Ltd., Nottingham.
Condition B+ / A-: creases and abrasions in margins and image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
The West Highland Route runs between Mallaig (a small fishing town on Scotland's west coast) and Glasgow. An incredibly scenic route, there are also connections to London. Here, depicting an "Observation Coach Train at Lochy Viaduct near Fort William," the scenery shares center stage with the modern, streamlined observation car. Le Train p. 25.