•LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'The Fever Van'

•LAURENCE STEPHEN LOWRY (1887-1976) 'The Fever Van' signed in pen to the margin lower right, Fine Art Trade Guild blindstamp lower left equating to 478, limited edition offset lithograph from the edition of 700 printed in 1972 by Mainstone Publications, the image 41.5cm x 51.5cm The fever van was the colloquial term in the north of England for the ambulance that transported patients with infectious diseases, usually scarlet fever or diphtheria, to the local isolation or infectious diseases hospital. These vehicles were in existence throughout the country from around 1910 to the 1950s and had various nicknames