Holy Island from London North Eastern Railway, 1943
oil on board, oil painting
Accession Number

NAM.1993-03-222-1

Description

Holy Island from London North Eastern Railway, 1943. Oil on board by Elizabeth Browning, 1980 (c). As a young Auxiliary Territorial Service Corporal, the artist met the sergeant of the Gordon Highlanders in Edinburgh and they travelled together by train to York on the London and North Eastern Railway. The painting depicts them viewing Holy Island from the train corridor. The sergeant was killed the following year, after the D-Day landings. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)

Events

OVERLORD, Operation, 1944 (World War Two, North West Europe 1944-1945)