Artist: Frank Booth
Title: Hey up Harry! She's full
Medium: Oil on Board
Edition: Original, one of a kind
Image Dimensions: 51cm x 29cm (20" x 11")
Frame Dimensions: 58cm x 36cm (23" x 14")
Condition: Image: Good. Frame: Good, minor knocks.
Provenance: Blackburn artists' society label verso
About the work:
This evocative railway scene by Frank Booth captures a moment of industrial grace and human labour at Rugby Midland station, where steam billows from locomotive 41227 as workers in blue overalls tend to its powerful frame. The composition is alive with movement — one figure climbs the engine’s front while another stands poised near the steam release, enveloped in the haze of a working platform. Booth’s attention to architectural detail, from the station canopy to the parallel engine in the background, lends the painting a sense of place and time, likely mid-20th century. Signed lower right, the work reflects Booth’s affinity for British rail nostalgia, offering collectors a glimpse into the rhythm and romance of steam travel.
