Title - Fishguard - Rosslare - shortest sea route to and from Southern Ireland.
Artist - Leslie Arthur Wilcox (1904-1982).
Description - An at-sea view of the railway steamship TSS 'St David', probably near the coast departing Fishguard, with a yacht for company and a lighthouse in the background. The ship had been launched in 1947 and was used on the Fishguard to Rosslare route until 1969.
Year Published - 1950s
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm).
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (Western Region) PR 52
Printed in Great Britain by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Excellent, just a little creasing and a small paper loss bottom left corner. 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.