McNidder and Grace Railway Journeys in Art Volume 2: Yorkshire and the North East (Poster to Poster Series 2)

The Poster to Poster series is a nine-volume definitive collection of British and international railway posters which showcases many of the railway posters from the National Railway Museum at York and other museums and galleries. Each volume is a mixture of travel documentary, geographical and historical study, graphic artists' reference and poster database - all interlinked using the central theme of railway posters Volume 2 covers the North East of England. We begin where we started the journey in Volume 1, at Berwick-upon-Tweed. The train takes us south towards the industrial Tyne and Tees areas, but we can take in the sights of the lovely Northumberland coast, before the arrival into Newcastle. Then it is south into Durham, with the imposing cathedral and the seat of learning before moving west into beautiful Teesdale. Industrial posters contrast with swirling rivers and rolling hills. From there it is a short trip to industrial Teesside, where man s interference with the landscape has ruined the coastline. A short distance southwards along the coast we find Redcar, Whitby and Robin Hood s Bay, the subject chosen for the front cover below. (The brooding yet imposing Durham Cathedral features on the rear cover, to contrast with the sweeping and colourful front cover image). With a Foreword by BBC broadcaster Paul Atterbury.