Title - Explore The Yorkshire Coast And Nearby Countryside By Train.
Artist - Reginald Montague Lander (1913-c1980).
Description - Large vignettes in the sea show the main holiday activities on offer in East/North Yorkshire. York Minster has pride of place in the inland section. This version of the poster does not have the over-screenprint showing all the extant railway lines at the time.
Year Published - 1963
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 101.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (North Eastern Region) P.2/63
Printed in Great Britain by Stafford & Co Ltd, Netherfield, Nottingham.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Stiff folds with one worn hole with watercolour and tape repair, rather creased, small edge tears with acid-free tape on rear. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Reginald Montague Lander was a freelance commercial artist in gouache and watercolour, and a prolific poster designer. He was born in London in 1913, educated at Clapham Central School and studied art at Hammersmith School of Art. He became the chief designer and studio manager at Ralph Mott Studio from 1930-9, and worked for Government Ministries and the British Transport Commission. He produced a huge number of posters for GWR, LNER, British Railways and the Post Office, right up to the early 1980s.