Title - North Wales.
Artist - Leslie Arthur Wilcox (1904-1982).
Description - A lovely vision of North Wales, describing the "delightful resorts, miles of safe golden sands and the superb mountains of Snowdonia". We are unsure if it is a specific view or more of an artistic ideal. Please let us know if you happen to recognise it! The wording also advertises the modern diesel trains, Cruise trains and Runabout Tickets.
Year Published - 1956
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 101.5cm) plus linen trimmed very close to border.
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (London Midland Region) LM 16056
Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd, London and Dunstable.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, Conservation-backed on linen as acquired.
Minor repairs to small edge tears. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Leslie Arthur Wilcox RI, RSMA, was born in Fulham in 1904.
He was known mainly as a marine artist working in oils, but was also a watercolourist, illustrator, poster artist, marine model-maker and author. He was for some years Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society of Marine Artists and a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. His works are in many collections around the world, including the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and the Royal Collection.
He volunteered for the navy before conscription started, and had spent only a few months in the Naval Patrol Service before his skills were recognised and he was seconded to the Naval Camouflage unit at Leamington Spa, where he spent the rest of the war making model ships and testing camouflage designs.