Steam Engine: Boiler Lifted Clear (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 10" x 6" (250mm x 160mm)
Date: 1978
Code: SmithJSEngLL
This is the unique original Watercolour painting by John S Smith.
The World of Speed and Power: All Aboard for the Steam Safari! A Beyer-Garratt boiler section lifted clear of the two end units during an overhaul.
This is the original artwork from Look and Learn no. 855 (3 June 1978).
- Artist BiographyJohn Stephen Smith (1921 - 2010; UK)
John started drawing from an early age and he went to art school just prior to World War II when he was called up and joined the Royal Navy. He served on the Cruiser HMS Niagara on the Malta and Russian convoys. After the war he continued his art studies and career.
His work has been commissioned by most shipping companies and railway companies and his art has been used by many leading publishers in the UK and USA.