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Western Highlands, It's Quicker by Rail

Keith Henderson £1,850.00
Original railway travel poster, Western Highlands, It's Quicker by Rail, painted by Keith Henderson and published jointly by the London & North Eastern Railway and the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, 1938. The charming image shows two children, a boy and girl, standing on a covered hay bale and waving at a departing steam-hauled passenger train entering a mountainous Scottish landscape.

Western Highlands, It's Quicker by Rail

Keith Henderson
£1,850.00

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  • Condition: B+/A- (professionally conserved and mounted on linen, some evidence of age but generally in vg condition)
  • Date: 1938
  • Designer: Keith Henderson OBE RP RSW RWS ROI (1883 – 1982)
  • Printer: Haycock Press
  • Publisher: London & North Eastern Railway and London, Midland & Scottish Railway
  • Size: Quad Royal (1260 x 1010 mm)

Original railway travel poster, Western Highlands, It's Quicker by Rail, painted by Keith Henderson and published jointly by the London & North Eastern Railway and the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, 1938. The charming image shows two children, a boy and girl, standing on a covered hay bale and waving at a departing steam-hauled passenger train entering a mountainous Scottish landscape.

Keith Henderson was a Scottish fine artist and book illustrator, who also designed several posters for London Transport, railway companies and the Empire Marketing Board.

A rare poster, which has been professionally conserved.

A higher resolution image is available for viewing on request.