Title - Civic Centres - Glasgow - The "industrial capital" of Scotland.
Artist - Claude Henry Buckle RI., RSMA. (1905–1973).
Description - An exterior view of Glasgow City Chambers or Municipal Buildings, the seat of local government since 1889. The city crest is also shown towards the top right of the poster. The wording below is as much advertising British Railways as it is Glasgow.
Buckle produced the artwork for a small series of similar architectural posters covering important British cities which did not usually have posters to advertise them; the others being Birmingham, Cardiff, Derby, Liverpool and Manchester.
Year Published - 1951
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Scottish Region)
Printed in Great Britain at The Baynard Press
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Slight age-browning, many small edge nicks, some with acid-fee tape on rear. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Claude Henry Buckle was born in London in 1905. He trained as an architect, but turned to art in 1928. He produced commissioned artwork for the new nuclear power stations around the country in the 1950s, and was a close friend of Terence Cuneo. He was a painter in oils and watercolour, particularly of marine subjects, and was prolific in his production of artwork for railway posters. He produced posters for GWR, LMS, SR & BR.