Nov 11, 2011 - Sale 2261

Sale 2261 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 2,280
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
JOHN A. BRYAN DE GRINEAU (1882-1957) LMS / THE IRISH MAILS. Circa 1928.
39 1/2x49 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x125 3/4 cm. McCorquodale & Co. Limited, Glasgow.
Condition B+: expertly replaced upper right corner; restoration and overpainting at edges; restoration in image.
Primarily an illustrator devoted to cars and motor racing, Grineau designed several posters for the LMS Railway featuring powerful locomotives. The mail to Ireland through London left twice daily on this train which additionally carried passengers. Le Train p. 24.