Herefordshire & Shropshire Gallery

Shrewsbury, GWR/LMS poster, 1939

Poster produced by Great Western Railway (GWR) and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) poster to promote rail travel to the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury, historic town on the lovely River Severn. The town is known for its many timber-framed buildings. The mansion shown here, called Ireland's Mansion, was built in 1575 and still survives. Artwork by Claude Buckle (1905-1973), who originally trained as an architect, but later turned to pictorial art. He painted in both oil and watercolour and was a prolific poster artist for Great Western Railway (GWR) and BR. Much of his original poster artwork is held at the National Railway Museum. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 635 mm

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