Nov 18, 2009 - Sale 2196

Sale 2196 - Lot 142

Price Realized: $ 600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
NORMAN HEPPLE (1908-1994) SHIPBUILDING / BRITISH RAILWAYS. Circa 1955.
39 3/4x49 1/2 inches. 101x126 cm. The Haycock Press Ltd., London.
Condition B+ / A-: creases in margins and image; restoration along vertical and horizontal folds.
One in a series of images promoting British Railways Service to Industry. In addition to serving passengers, the company provided exceptional support for British industry. The series included works by Norman Wilkinson, Ellis Silas, Terence Cuneo, Frank Mason, Charles Cundall and others. The images focused on such diverse aspects of Britain's economy as paper making, steel, brick making and shipbuilding.