Title - Service to Industry - Shipbuilding.
Artist - Robert Norman Hepple (1908-1994).
Description - One of a series of industrial posters, titled "Service to Industry", produced early in the life of British Railways, to show that the recently nationalised railways could provide transport for businesses of all types in all parts of the country. The steam locomotive is included to show that the railway could come right onto the site of the industry.
In this particular case the subject is Shipbuilding, and the fact that it was produced by the North Eastern Region suggests it is probably Tyneside, although it is generic enough to cover any shipbuilding in the UK at the time.
Year Published - 1950
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 102cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (North Eastern Region) (AR 1114)
Printed in Great Britain by The Haycock Press Ltd London SE5
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B/B+, un-conserved.
Top edge wear, pin holes, minor wear-through on fold intersections, a bit browned. Close-up photos available on request.
More About The Artist:
Robert Norman Hepple was best known as a portrait painter, particularly of the Royal Family. He became a Member of both the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Academy of Arts.
He produced artwork for at least one other Railway Poster, of The River Tweed.
