Northumberland Gallery

The Coronation, LNER poster, 1938

The Coronation on the East Coast Entering Scotland. Poster produced for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) promoting rail travel to Scotland, showing the Coronation locomotive travelling at speed along the coast north of Berwick, with the Longstone Lighthouse; Farne Islands Priory; Dunstanborough, Bamburgh and Holy Island Castles shown in the distance. Artwork by Frank Henry Mason, who was educated at HMS Conway and spent time at sea. He painted marine and coastal subjects and was involved in engineering and shipbuilding. He designed railway posters for the North Eastern Railway (NER), Great Western Railway (GWR) and London & North Eastern Railway (LNER)

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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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