"L.N.E.R. ancestry "Coronation" 1831"--alt title, lower left corner of the image. Artist signature reproduced in lower right corner of the image. Poster produced by London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to commemorate the original engine name Coronation, a locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth in honour of the coronation of King William IV in 1831; according to the poster, this was the locomotive that was the forerunner of the LNER 1937 Coronation streamline train, which operated between King’s Cross Station, London and Edinburgh. "Property of John H. Kemble Nov. 1975"--verso, typed lable, pasted upper right corner. Verso of the board is covered in wall paper.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 69.5 x 121.9 cm (27 3/8 x 48 in.) ; overall 101.4 x 127 cm (39 15/16 x 50 in.)
Railroads--Pictorial works Advertising--Railroads--20th century Railroads--Posters Posters, British--20th century Locomotives--Great Britain--History--19th century--Pictorial works Art and industry--Pictorial works London and North Eastern Railway London and North Eastern Railway--Public relations Advertising--Transportation--20th century Posters
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Posters Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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