An extension to my book 'Steam Trains and Jigsaw puzzles' published in 2007 and 2013.
Wednesday, 6 March 2024
Cuneo's Forth Bridge painting
Terence Cuneo's famous painting of the Forth Rail Bridge is featured in today's post, 6th March 2024. He painted the scene for the British Railways (BR) Board in 1952 to be used as an advertising poster for holidays in Scotland. The painting has recently been issued as a jigsaw of 1000 pieces marketed by Birlinn Ltd of Edinburgh. The
jigsaw, titled The Forth Rail Bridge, is shown below.
Paintings of the iconic bridge have appeared in other jigsaws on this blog. Go to the previous posts of 7th February 2011, 9th July 2018 and 1st October 2020 for a detailed description of the bridge, including some interesting, historical facts.
I have repeated the picture of the full BR poster below, for interest (previously pictured in the 9th July 2018 post).