A NEW exhibition which will feature historic railway-themed artwork is set to open at the National Railway Museum in York next month.
Fear And Fascination, which opens on February 11, is a collection of 40 of the earliest pieces of railway art, and includes the first known child’s drawing of a train.
Ellen Tait, interpretation developer at the NRM, said: “Fear and Fascination provides us with a fantastic opportunity to showcase.
“The introduction of railways conjured up a broad and conflicting spectrum of feelings among members of the public, and we’re sure that visitors to the exhibition will enjoy exploring the art works which record these public attitudes to the establishment of one of our oldest modes of transport.”
The exhibition will be in the museum’s art gallery, which has a collection of more than 11,200 posters, and 1.5million photographs, and will run until May 13.
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