Northumberland Gallery

Alnwick Castle, LNER poster, 1933

Poster produced by London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to Northumberland. The poster shows a view of Alnwick Castle, home to the Duke of Northumberland and the second largest lived-in castle in England (the first being Windsor Castle). It featured as the setting for the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'. Artwork by Fred Taylor, who was commissioned in 1930 to design four ceiling paintings for the Underwriting Room at Lloyd's and murals for Reed's Lacquer Room. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and other London galleries and worked for LNER, London Transport and several shipping companies

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The Coronation, LNER poster, 1923-1947

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) showing The Coronation, an aerodynamic train speeding across the Royal Border Bridge over the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland. Artwork by Tom Purvis, who rallied for the professionalisation of commercial art. In 1930 he was one of the group of artists who founded the Society of Industrial Artists, which campaigned for improved standards of training for commercial artists in order to broaden their scope of employment. He became one of the first Royal Designers for Industry in 1936. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 1270 mm

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