EARL George (1824-1908)
1895
Oil on canvas
77.2 x 115.2 cms
National Railway Museum
This is the second of two pictures commissioned by Sir Andrew Barclay Walker of the Walker Brewery. The paintings are bustling narrative works depicting railway station life. Now owned by the National Railway Museum they were rescued in 1990 from a Liverpool pub (The Vines, Lime Street). Going North tells the story of a group of friends travelling from Kings Cross to Scotland for the summer grouse shooting season. The partner work seen here shows the group a month later at Perth Station, about to make their return journey. The works show much of the minutiae of Victorian station life and also include Earl's trademark sporting interests in the form of dogs and grouse. Earl was an early member of The Kennel Club. Although chiefly remembered as a canine artist due to his success depicting them, of the 19 paintings he exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1857 and 1882 only two were of dogs.
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