Title - The Brighton Belle - Daily Throughout The Year.
Location - Brighton, Sussex, England.
Artist - Barber.
Description - The Brighton Belle service ran from 1934 to 1972 using All-Pullman third-rail electric multiple units built by Metro-Cammell. One of these attractive 5-PUL units is seen passing one of the Southern Railway's Art Deco signalboxes, showing headcode 4 for a London Victoria to Brighton fast service.
This is a Stock poster, where the image would have been printed seperately, with the wording added later in letterpress form. This way, a part-pictorial poster image could be used for multiple advertising purposes.
Year Published - 1954
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm) plus linen border.
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Southern Region) AD 6572/A5/23753
Printed in Great Britain by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough
And printing details for the Letterpress timetable and title:
AD6701/A1/19354
The Baynard Press
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, we have had this poster conservation-backed on linen. For more details of the process please see the "Conservation" page of this website.
Linen backed, repaired top edge tear into image, watercolour touch-ups to worn folds and creasing. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
