• A painted scene of a red double-decker tram on a city street, with buildings on both sides, overhead wires, and a pale sky. The artwork appears to be an impressionistic oil or acrylic painting.
  • A framed painting showing a street scene with a red tram, painted in warm tones, with a gold inner frame and a dark brown wooden frame. The artist&
  • A framed painting depicting a red double-decker street tram traveling down a city street, housed in a dark brown wooden frame with a gold inner border.
  • A textured impressionist-style painting of a London street scene, featuring a red double-decker tram on the left, tall brown brick tenement buildings, and a pale sky with overhead wires.
  • A framed vintage oil painting of a red double-decker tram on a city street, displayed on a white shelf with decorative dried flowers and a glass vase.
  • The back of a vintage wooden picture frame, showing the canvas backing, mounting hardware, and tape, styled on a white surface with decorative seashells and dried flowers.
  • A framed vintage oil painting of a red double-decker tram on a city street, set in a dark brown wooden frame with a gold inner border, resting on a white surface.
  • A painted scene of a red double-decker tram on a city street, with buildings on both sides, overhead wires, and a pale sky. The artwork appears to be an impressionistic oil or acrylic painting.
  • A framed painting depicting a red double-decker street tram traveling down a city street, housed in a dark brown wooden frame with a gold inner border.
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The Blue Loft

1980s London Tram Oil Painting in Red, Islington Green, Signed David Harvey 1989

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We love a painting that tells you exactly where you are, and this one does it on the destination blind. A red double decker tram, route 33, rounds the bend towards Islington Green under a pale sky, its overhead wires crisscrossing above the rooftops and its tracks curving away through a street washed in warm apricot light.

Painted in oil on canvas board by David Harvey, signed and dated 1989 in the lower left corner, it looks back at a London that had vanished decades earlier. The capital's last trams ran in 1952, and route 33 was among the final services to go, so this is a scene recreated with real affection, most likely from old photographs.

The brushwork is loose and confident. Look closely and you'll find the green lamp post with its curled bracket, a row of tall terraces in soft plum and brown, chimney pots catching the light, and the fleet number 170 on the front of the tram. The palette is lovely: pillar box red set against rose, lilac and sage, which makes it far easier to live with than many transport paintings.

It sits in a dark wood frame with a gilt inner slip and measures 45 x 35 cm including the frame, with hanging wire fitted to the back so it is ready to hang. The frame has a few light marks from age, and the board is held in place with small wooden wedges in the traditional way.

Hang it in a hallway or study alongside vintage maps and prints for a London gallery wall, or give it a wall of its own above a sideboard, where the red can pick up a lamp base or a stack of old books. It would make a lovely gift for anyone with Islington roots, a transport enthusiast, or a Londoner living elsewhere who misses home.
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A painted scene of a red double-decker tram on a city street, with buildings on both sides, overhead wires, and a pale sky. The artwork appears to be an impressionistic oil or acrylic painting.
A framed painting showing a street scene with a red tram, painted in warm tones, with a gold inner frame and a dark brown wooden frame. The artist&
A framed painting depicting a red double-decker street tram traveling down a city street, housed in a dark brown wooden frame with a gold inner border.
A textured impressionist-style painting of a London street scene, featuring a red double-decker tram on the left, tall brown brick tenement buildings, and a pale sky with overhead wires.
A framed vintage oil painting of a red double-decker tram on a city street, displayed on a white shelf with decorative dried flowers and a glass vase.
The back of a vintage wooden picture frame, showing the canvas backing, mounting hardware, and tape, styled on a white surface with decorative seashells and dried flowers.
A framed vintage oil painting of a red double-decker tram on a city street, set in a dark brown wooden frame with a gold inner border, resting on a white surface.
A painted scene of a red double-decker tram on a city street, with buildings on both sides, overhead wires, and a pale sky. The artwork appears to be an impressionistic oil or acrylic painting.
A framed painting depicting a red double-decker street tram traveling down a city street, housed in a dark brown wooden frame with a gold inner border.