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Artistjeffries — Jubilee at Liverpool.
Published: 2010-01-28 13:53:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1529; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 0
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Ex-LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 45670 “Earl of Effingham” waits impatiently at Liverpool, Lime Street station with an express for London, Euston sometime in the late 1950s. Ahead of the crew is an arduous climb through the tunnels and cuttings of the main line out of Liverpool but their steed is one of Stanier’s masterpieces of locomotive design and well up to the job.I remember the graceful Jubilees well but only ever fired one once in my railway career and that was on a Bradford-Bournemouth express from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads back in 1957 and we hit 90mph though Ashchurch-—- happy days indeed!
The stored computer image of this painting is not of a high enough resolution to be reproduced as a print for sale but the image is shown here merely as an example of my work.
The original painting was done about six years ago on a canvas 48”x36” in acrylic and cost the client £1500, nowadays I would paint this in oils.
Commissions? E-mail mike@transportartist.co.uk for details
Please remember this image is my property and protected by copyright law.
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Comments: 10
Well that's some fine detail you have put into this painting. Both engines and station.
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If you didn't know, this image is on my Calender in my house!
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I second everything Matt said, this is amazing work. And what's more I have seen where this was painted from, no idea if this part of the platform is still accessible to the public now though...
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Many thanks for your kind comments and it's nice to know the platform is still there after all these years. Does that lovely roof survive it would be such a shame if it's gone in the name of progress like poor old New Street, Birmingham.
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The roof indeed does survive, I should make a point of going there again one of these days with my DSLR. I'm pretty certain the platform survives, and the roof could never go, there would be surely an outcry if it did.
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Fantastic! The front end of that jub is flawless, there's no other word for it.
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Thank you, Matt, nice to have a comment from one so young and to know you appreciate the beauty of the steam locomotive. To my eyes the Jubilees were one of the best looking locos of that era, even better than a Castle or rebuilt Scot in its economy of line.
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I would be inclined to agree with you there, but if I had to pick, it would be a Black 5 for me (but then I am biased)
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Yeah, thanks Matt, the Black Five was a better engine in many ways but just lacked the sheer grace that the slightly longer boiler and larger drivers gave to the Jubilee. I know which one I'd rather fire too!
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