Yesterdays Transport Today (Signed) (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 11" x 15" (280mm x 380mm)
Date: 1981
Signature: Signed by artist lower right
Code: SmithJSSteamPowerLL
This is the Signed unique original Watercolour painting by John S Smith.
The Time Traveller. The detail on the Delta Queen riverboat is exquisite. John S. Smith was one of the stars of the latter issues of Look and Learn. This is exactly as the art appeared as the cover.
Original artwork for cover of Look and Learn issue no 1027 (14 November 1981). Please note the trio of car, bus and steam tractor have been painted on a separate piece of board and mounted onto the main board.
- 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.