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Thursday, 1 October 2020
The Iconic, Forth Bridge
Today's pair of jigsaw puzzles, 1st October 2020, both feature one of the
most famous bridges in the world - the Forth Bridge, spanning the estuary of the
River Forth on Scotland's east coast. I am not going into detail about the
bridge as this can be found in the previous post of February 7th 2011.
The first picture above, shows a Wentworth wooden jigsaw of variable size (my example is of
250 pieces), simply titled, Forth Bridge. A North British Railway (NBR) steam
train is pictured on the bridge from a frontal viewpoint common to photographers
and artists. The locomotive at the head of the train appears to be a ‘K’ class
4-4-0 tender locomotive, No.867. The latter designed by William Paton Reid was
one of a class of twelve built at Cowlair Works in 1909/1910. Hot coals from the
grate illuminate the smoke spiralling above the cab; a sky full of stars
enhances the composition. The jigsaw picture is very impressive, but the artist
is not named. Wentworth have used a picture, in portrait format, from the Mary
Evans Picture Library in the Media Storehouse.
The second picture features a 100-piece Chad Valley wooden jigsaw, duplicating the artwork of Robert Bernard Way. The painting, from a similar viewpoint to the first jigsaw, features a British Railways ‘B1’ class locomotive crossing the bridge heading a passenger service. The jigsaw title is a rather elongated - British Railways: Class B1 61245 “Murray of Elibank” with local train crossing the Forth Bridge. Scottish Region.