In War and Peace We Serve
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (issued)
- Date:
1940-42 (issued)
- Artist/Maker:
Mayes, Reginald Harry Duncan, born 1900 (artist)
Great Western Railway (issuer)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer)
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Southern Railway (issuer) - Materials and Techniques:
Colour lithograph
- Credit Line:
Given by the Artist
- Museum number:
E.3862-1953
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case Y, shelf 70, box 58
Physical description
'IN WAR AND PEACE WE SERVE'. Colour lithograph poster showing a steam train speeding along beneath a Union Flag, against a blue ground. Signed 'Reginald Mayes'.
Place of Origin
Great Britain (issued)
Date
1940-42 (issued)
Artist/maker
Mayes, Reginald Harry Duncan, born 1900 (artist)
Great Western Railway (issuer)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer)
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Southern Railway (issuer)
Materials and Techniques
Colour lithograph
Marks and inscriptions
'Reginald Mayes'
Signed
'IN WAR AND PEACE / WE SERVE'
Text of design
'GWR - LMS - LNER - SR'
Lettered below image
Dimensions
Height: 101.6 cm, Width: 63.5 cm
Descriptive line
Reginald Harry Mayes. 'In War And Peace We Serve'. Poster issued jointly during the Second World War by the Great Western Railway, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the London and North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway, ca.1940.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Materials
Lithographic ink
Techniques
Colour lithography
Subjects depicted
Trains (vehicle groupings); Union Flag; Patriotism
Categories
Transport; Advertising; Posters; Scotland
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
