Title - Behind The Scenes – Derby St Mary's Goods Depot.
Location - Derby, Derbyshire, England.
Artist - Joseph Pike (1883-1956).
Description - A delicate pencil and watercolour artwork. It depicts the extensive and spacious facilities inside Derby St Mary's Goods Depot, with railway workers unloading trains of goods vans and transferring freight between them. Boxes, barrels and pipes are piled on the platform, while light cranes assist with unloading. Goods are moved on conveyor belts and by small articulated vehicles, while overhead are runways with hoists for heavy items. With everything under-cover this was showing the clean and efficient process, and was one of a series of posters aimed at encouraging freight business. The line "Busiest Railway System In The World" at the bottom is also aimed at business owners.
Year Published - 1951
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (London Midland Region) (L.M.5251)
Printed in Great Britain at The Baynard Press.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/A-, un-conserved.
Horizontal folds, small edge tears with acid-free tape on rear, creasing. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Joseph Pike was born in Bristol and educated by the monks of Ampleforth Abbey. He was a master of the art of pencil drawing, producing evocative sketches of old churches, and colleges, monasteries and modern offices, picturesque street scenes in historic towns such as Rugby and Chester, as well as a great number of London landmarks. His illustrations were commissioned by authors, architects and publishers, reproduced in books and on postcards, sold as prints and exhibited on the walls of the Royal Academy.