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Somerset (British Railways poster artwork)

Leslie Arthur Wilcox (1904–1982)

National Railway Museum

Somerset

© trustees of the estate of L. A. Wilcox. Photo credit: National Railway Museum / Science & Society Picture Library

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The scene depicted is the artist’s own idea of Somerset, rather than an actual place. It does feature the Yarn Market in Dunster, but Wilcox has also included thatched cottages and a packhorse bridge from elsewhere.

National Railway Museum

York

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 79.8 x W 59.3 cm

Accession number

2004-7375

Acquisition method

obtained as a result of a direct claim of redundant material from the nationalised railway, 1972

Work type

Painting

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National Railway Museum

Leeman Road, York, North Yorkshire YO26 4XJ England

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Artist or maker

Leslie Arthur Wilcox

1904–1982

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