Artwork and documents Gallery

Winter in the West publicity guide, 1933

This publicity brochure was produced by the GWR in 1933. It was designed by Leonard Cusden and used to promote winter holiday destinations. By the 1930s the GWR were using strong stylised images in their promotional campaigns. Exotic imagery was popular amongst Art Deco designers. The pier in the background of this image is reminiscent of a Chinese pagoda with the surrounding black trees adding a touch of the Orient

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Christmas card sent by Swindon Works Accounts Staff, 1918

Christmas card dated 1918. The figure of Britannia features prominently on the front of the card in reference to Allied success in the war. It was sent by the Accounts Office at Swindon Works and the signatures of staff cover both the front and the inside of the card

Accounts Office, Card, Christmas, World War 1

Bristol Temple Meads Station, c.1843

Lithograph by John Cooke Bourne of Brunel's train shed at Bristol Temple Meads Station in c.1843, a few years after the station opened in 1840. Railway workers are dealing with the locomotives and wagons with some onlooking passengers watching from the platforms. The perspective of the print shows the massive scale of the 200ft (60m) long structure and its magnificent roof

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