?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
NORMAN WILKINSON (1882-1971)
PASSENGER EXPRESS / LMS. Circa 1925.
40 1/2x49 1/4 inches, 102 3/4x125 cm. McCorquodale & Co., Limited, London. Condition B: repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; slight darkening along fold in lower left image; slight time-staining in margins; unobtrusive ink stamp in upper left image, showing through. Mounted on Japan.
Wilkinson studied at the Berkhamsted School of Art and began his artistic career contributing drawings to The Illustrated London News and The Illustrated Mail. Although he became famous for his maritime paintings, he is best known for his prolific poster work for the British railway companies in the 1920s and 30s. He also designed posters for shipping companies including White Star Line, Cunard Line, the Allan Line, the Blue Star Line and others. The 5900 was a Claughton Class locomotive put into service by the LNWR in the early 1920s. By 1927, these engines began to be replaced by the Royal Scot class.
