70s Sci-Fi Art has another fun article to look at – this time on bridges in sci-fi imagery. There are some really good pictures from sci-fi’s heyday.
Sci-fi Bridges
Category: Art
Rat on Mallet / Ogata Gekkō (1900s-1910s)
Ogata Gekkō‘s Rat on Mallet (1900s-1910s).
Apparently rats are a symbol of good luck. Though this image of the print comes from the British Museum’s digital collection, I actually first saw Rat on Mallet as part of York Art Gallery’s Making Waves: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Print exhibit.
‘British Railways Locomotives’ (circa 1956)
A lovely poster from the Science Museum Group; British Railways Locomotives from around 1956.
‘To York, Dick Turpin’s Ride’
Poking around the Science Museum’s archives, I came across this rather fabulous ‘Dick Turpin’ themed LNER poster for train travel to York.
Just look at how wonderful it is!
Yorkersgate Christmas Postbox Topper
Sadly rather late, but here is another entry in the ongoing TopperBlog series. This topper could be found on Malton’s Yorkersgate in the run up to Christmas 2025. t was a pretty thing though, alas, my photographs appear to have blown out the red – I’ll have to try and figure out why.
Trains of the Future, Trains of the Past
Here’s something to take the edge off that liminal space between Christmas and New Year; two nicely illustrated articles from Adam Rowe’s always fun 70s Sci-Fi Art.
First we have Trains of the Future…
…and then Trains of the Past.
Robin Hood’s Bay in Winter / Ethel Walker
Ethel Walker’s Robin Hood’s Bay in Winter.It seems to be on permanent exhibition at York Art Gallery and, I must note, looks better in person.
Winter on Fifth Avenue / Alfred Stieglitz (1893*)
Alfred Stieglitz’s Winter on Fifth Avenue. This was, apparently, one of the first times that driving snow had been photographed.
From Harvard Art Museum’s collection.
*Probably. Apparently there’s a little confusion around dates.
Winter Sea / Paul Nash (1925–1937)
Paul Nash’s Winter Sea. Painted between 1925 and 1937.
Winterlandschap met Schaatsers en Vogelknip (Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap) / Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
Let’s start this Christmas week with a copy of Pieter Bruegel’s Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap.