EUSTON STATION, LONDON, circa 1937 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
Signature: signed lower right Medium: pastel Dimensions: 51 by 62cm., 20 by 24.5in. Provenance: Private collection, Westport, Co. Mayo; By descent from the aunt of the present owner Exhibited: Almost certainly exhibited under the title `Euston at Night' at `Recent Paintings by Harry Kernoff RHA', Mills Hall, Merrion Row, Dublin, 1-15 December 1937, catalogue no. 22 (£12-12-0) Whilst scheduled air services between Dublin and London began in 1936, for many years the most common means of travelling between the two cities was the Irish Mail from Euston Station to Holyhead and ... thence by ferry to Dublin. The significance of Euston to the thousands of Irish who first arrived here to find work in London is indicated by Kernoff’s inclusion of the ‘Guinness is Good For You’ billboard and another poster advertising the L.M.S. rail service to Dublin more
EUSTON STATION, LONDON, circa 1937 Harry Kernoff RHA (1900-1974)
Signature: signed lower right Medium: pastel Dimensions: 51 by 62cm., 20 by 24.5in. Provenance: Private collection, Westport, Co. Mayo; By descent from the aunt of the present owner Exhibited: Almost certainly exhibited under the title `Euston at Night' at `Recent Paintings by Harry Kernoff RHA', Mills Hall, Merrion Row, Dublin, 1-15 December 1937, catalogue no. 22 (£12-12-0) Whilst scheduled air services between Dublin and London began in 1936, for many years the most common means of travelling between the two cities was the Irish Mail from Euston Station to Holyhead and ... thence by ferry to Dublin. The significance of Euston to the thousands of Irish who first arrived here to find work in London is indicated by Kernoff’s inclusion of the ‘Guinness is Good For You’ billboard and another poster advertising the L.M.S. rail service to Dublin more
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