Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Terence Tenison Cuneo, 1907–1996, British

Commissioned by British Railways, 1948–1997, British

Printed by Waterlow & Sons, British
Title:
Track Laying by Night
Date:
1948
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph on medium, smooth, beige wove paper affixed to thin, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on canvas
Dimensions:
Mount: 40 7/16 × 49 15/16 inches (102.7 × 126.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "246"; inscribed in graphite, lower left on back: "B622 230"; inscribed in graphite, lower right on back: "[?IR1513/11]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
Copyright Status:
© National Railway Museum / SSPL
Accession Number:
B2004.18.2
Classification:
Posters
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
labor | work | historical subject | transport | genre subject | cityscape | wrench | pick | tools | cars | carriages | lamps | station | building | tracks | railway | railroad | trains | laborers | night | infrastructure | building | construction | steam | steel | smoke
Associated Places:
Europe | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:53373