Bristol Gallery
Available as Framed Prints, Photos, Wall Art and Gift Items
Choose from 25 pictures in our Bristol collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.
Featured Print
Bristol Temple Meads Station, c.1843
Lithograph by John Cooke Bourne of Brunel's train shed at Bristol Temple Meads Station in c.1843, a few years after the station opened in 1840. Railway workers are dealing with the locomotives and wagons with some onlooking passengers watching from the platforms. The perspective of the print shows the massive scale of the 200ft (60m) long structure and its magnificent roof
© STEAM Museum of the GWR
Featured Print
Shunter in the wartime blackout, c.1940
Blackouts were challenging times for some GWR employees, as this image of a shunter taken at Bristol shows. Limited lighting during an air raid posed a serious health and safety risk, especially in busy depots or marshalling yards. Even in daylight the task of coupling and uncoupling wagons was a dangerous job. But at night it was even worse and during a blackout it must have been a daunting experience, even for a skilled shunter. Shunters were required to use lamps that had shades attached. This meant they were less visible to aircraft during an air raid, but it also had a negative impact on their working visibility
