Oct 15, 2020 - Sale 2547

Sale 2547 - Lot 76

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

SEPTIMUS EDWIN SCOTT (1879-1962)

THE QUEEN OF SCOTS PULLMAN. Circa 1930.


40x25 inches, 101 1/2x63 1/2 cm. David Allen & Sons Ltd., London.
Condition A-: minor restoration along vertical and horizontal folds in margins.

Scott was a painter and illustrator whose landscapes were exhibited with the Royal Academy. He designed posters for the government during World War I and went on to more commercial work during the period between the wars, including a series of images for the LNER and LMS. The motif of an attractive young woman on the platform about to board a Pullman wagon was initially used by W.S. Bylityllis, in 1926, to promote travel on the Golden Arrow, between London and Paris. Wagons-Lits II 209e (var).