Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis (English railway writer and painter, 1909–1987),
"Travel in 1840, Old Station at Derby, North Midland Railway", 1951.
Science Museum Group
"Um trem-de-ferro é uma coisa mecânica,
mas atravessa a noite, a madrugada, o dia,
atravessou minha vida,
virou só sentimento."
Science Museum Group
Estação
Um comboio que partisse
Sem sair da estação
No lado esquerdo da linha
Transporte dum coração.
Um comboio que chegasse
Na ânsia de não saber
Qual janela escolhida
No trânsito desta mulher.
Afinal sombra, um modelo
Visto apenas de passagem
O comboio não se deteve
Não era minha viagem.
Afinal pó de um momento
Registado num poema
Se o comboio esteve aqui
Era o mesmo do cinema.
José do Carmo Francisco,
in As emboscadas do esquecimento,
Santarém, Ed. O Mirante: 1999, p. 40
Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, "Travel in 1865, West Coast Express, Shugboro", 1951.
mas atravessa a noite, a madrugada, o dia,
atravessou minha vida,
virou só sentimento."
Adélia Prado, Poesia reunida.
São Paulo: Siciliano, 1991.
hauling mixed train, passing through the Barnesmore Gap.
"Quem anda nos trilhos é trem de ferro.
Sou água que corre entre as pedras –
Liberdade caça jeito."
Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2001.
Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, South Eastern Railway train in Kent countryside hauled
by 4-2-0 locomotives nos. 85 and 136. Framed and glazed, glass.
Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis
Writer and illustrator of books on railways, 1940s-1980s; employed by British Railways; produced artwork for LMS; signed artwork C Hamilton Ellis.
In an interview with Sir Peter Allen in 1976, Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis was asked when he became interested in trains. "Oh trains! Trains began, to my recollection, in July 1911, probably before, but that is as far back as I can remember". This casual reply belied the fact that the railway had captured his imagination and imprinted itself on his earliest childhood memories - he was only two years old in 1911! The emotion railways aroused in him is expressed in his choice of words: "I was born to it" he said, referring to his preference for the LSWR, "but I became very fond of the Great Western; I always loved the enemy".
Hamilton Ellis' mother was a professional photographer and when her son was twelve she photographed some captive wildlife specimens to illustrate an article he wrote on lizards - a lifelong passion - for Country Life. Hamilton Ellis himself became a keen photographer and journalist, beginning his career with The Railway Magazine, and Railway Gazette, before moving on to write for Modern Transport. It was at this time, in 1947, that "everybody's Christmas book", The Trains We Loved, was published. It made his name and brought him a flood of commissions in the following decade. Though his bank manager commented nervously "It is a very hazardous way of earning a living isn't it?", he embarked on a successful second career writing and illustrating books on both trains and ships, as well as selling paintings from his exhibitions. He also possessed a strong sense of humour, and published comic railway books such as Rapidly Round the Bend and Ballad of the M7. (daqui)
In an interview with Sir Peter Allen in 1976, Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis was asked when he became interested in trains. "Oh trains! Trains began, to my recollection, in July 1911, probably before, but that is as far back as I can remember". This casual reply belied the fact that the railway had captured his imagination and imprinted itself on his earliest childhood memories - he was only two years old in 1911! The emotion railways aroused in him is expressed in his choice of words: "I was born to it" he said, referring to his preference for the LSWR, "but I became very fond of the Great Western; I always loved the enemy".
Hamilton Ellis' mother was a professional photographer and when her son was twelve she photographed some captive wildlife specimens to illustrate an article he wrote on lizards - a lifelong passion - for Country Life. Hamilton Ellis himself became a keen photographer and journalist, beginning his career with The Railway Magazine, and Railway Gazette, before moving on to write for Modern Transport. It was at this time, in 1947, that "everybody's Christmas book", The Trains We Loved, was published. It made his name and brought him a flood of commissions in the following decade. Though his bank manager commented nervously "It is a very hazardous way of earning a living isn't it?", he embarked on a successful second career writing and illustrating books on both trains and ships, as well as selling paintings from his exhibitions. He also possessed a strong sense of humour, and published comic railway books such as Rapidly Round the Bend and Ballad of the M7. (daqui)
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