UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 09: Poster produced by Great Western Railway (GWR) and London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) poster to promote rail travel to the Shropshire town of Shrewsbury, �historic town on the lovely River Severn.� The town is known for its many timber-framed buildings. The mansion shown here, called �Ireland�s Mansion�, was built in 1575 and still survives. Artwork by Claude Buckle (1905-1973), who originally trained as an architect, but later turned to pictorial art. He painted in both oil and watercolour and was a prolific poster artist for Great Western Railway (GWR) and BR. Much of his original poster artwork is held at the National Railway Museum. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 635 mm. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)
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