Title - Clear Road Ahead.
Artist - Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907-1996).
Description - A typically lifelike Cuneo depiction of the footplate of 4-6-0 Castle class, former Great Western Railway, steam locomotive No 5037 'Monmouth Castle', with the driver at the controls looking along the straight track into the distance and the fireman shovelling coal into the firebox.
Year Published - 1949
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 101.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (AR1110)
Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London & Dunstable
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/A-, un-conserved.
Light folds, graduated slight age-browning to leftmost quarter, rather fibrous paper, small edge tears, slightly grubby folds top right, tiny paper loss to top edge. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Terence Cuneo was a hugely accomplished artist, born in London, the son of artists. There is a wealth of his original work in various museums, including many war works, his railways work and his official artwork for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. His works and posters produced from them are highly collectable around the world. He was awarded the OBE, was a CVO, and his life-size statue is to be seen at London's Waterloo Station.
