Summary
Waterloo one of eight lithographs describing The Fall of London. Ron Heisler believes thatthey were originally conceived for a book by Frank McIlraith and Roy Connolly called Invasion From The Air which describes a Fascist invasion of England (information from Ron Heisler, August 2003). The theme of the book, which was published in 1934, is reminiscent of Boswell’s prints, which illustrate both popular uprisings in the City of London and horrific scenes of the city in ruins. Unlike the majority of the other prints in the series, Boswell gives the exact location of this terrifying scene. The enormous arch of the railway bridge rises above the built up area in the background and the train, which appears crushed and about to fall over, in the foreground. Passengers can be seen disembarking from the carriages which tilt unnervingly to the left… (read more)
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