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In War and Peace We Serve

Poster
1940-42 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Great Western Railway (issuer)
London, Midland and Scottish Railway (issuer)
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Southern Railway (issuer)
Mayes, Reginald Harry Duncan (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

'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'.

Object details

Categories
Transport
Advertising
Posters
Scotland
Object type
Poster
TitleIn War and Peace We Serve (trade title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Colour Lithography
Brief description
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.
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'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.6cm
  • Width: 63.5cm
Measurements taken from: 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
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Reginald Mayes' (Signed)
  • 'IN WAR AND PEACE / WE SERVE' (Text of design)
  • 'GWR - LMS - LNER - SR' (Lettered below image)
Credit line
Given by the Artist
Subjects depicted
Patriotism
Trains (Vehicle Groupings)
Union Flag
Association
Second World War
Bibliographic references
  • 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
Other number
26/F12 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3862-1953

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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