Hereward the Wake, Original Ely Cathedral 1959 British Railways Poster

Hereward the Wake, Original Ely Cathedral 1959 British Railways Poster

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Date: 1959

Size: 25" x 39.5" (63 x 100cms)

Condition A, newly linenbacked.

Artist: Lance Cattermole (1898 - 1992) was an Irish born painter whose mediums of choice were oils and watercolours. He produced posters for British Railways, for London County Council Tramways from 1924, and artwork for the Scottish Region series. His artwork is widely represented in museums and collections.

Description: Hereward the Wake (c. 1035 – c.1072), also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile, was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England. His base, when leading the rebellion against the Norman rulers, was the Isle of Ely in East Anglia. According to legend he roamed the Fens, covering North Cambridgeshire, Southern Lincolnshire and West Norfolk, leading popular opposition to William the Conqueror. Some age toning to paper, minor closed tears but excellent condition and extremely scarce.