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'Battersea Rising' - Print from an original painting by Mike Turner GRA
23/04/2025
	This print is of a recent painting by renowned railway artist Mike Turner GRA, member of the Guild of Railway Artists, and is offered for sale with the artist’s kind permission. The view is from Ebury Bridge with the Kent lines on the left, as West Country class Pacific 'Barnstaple' departs from Victoria station with a boat train for Dover, while the 4-CEP unit arrives from Ramsgate. In the depot are class 71, EPB & 4-CEP unit, while a Class 33 diesel is about to cross the Grosvenor Bridge in the distance. To the right, on the Brighton lines, a 4-SUB is approaching from the south London suburbs while the Brighton Belle (5-BEL) sneaks up behind on the far track, on the approach to Victoria station. Battersea power station dominates the background, along with the giant gas holder and the Victorian water pumping station on the right (north side of the River Thames). Painted in 2024/water colour & gouache. Print size is 38.3cm x 27.1cm on A3 (42.0cm x 29.7cm) high quality 175gsm paper. Price £10 - available from Friends of the NRM Shop