Title - Famous Rivers of Commerce - The Humber.
Location - River Humber, Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, England.
Artist - Frank H Mason (1875-1965).
Description - This is one of a series of golden-brown and sepia style images of the activity in major east coast rivers, painted by Mason in 1932, emphasising the business and industrial work of the LNER. It gives some details of the ports of Hull, Grimsby and Immingham. There is also a quick reminder of the nearby seaside resorts Cleethorpes and Withernsea, just in case the holidaymakers saw the posters! There is a mixture of shipping on show, right down to a small fishing boat in the foreground.
Year Published - 1932
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 101.5cm).
Other Details:
Original Vintage LNER British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by The London And North Eastern Railway
The David Allen Printing Co (London) Ltd.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Folds with slight wear and tear and various edge tears with acid-free tape on rear. Quite fragile paper. The golden brown is warmer than the photo suggests. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Frank H Mason was born Frank Henry Algernon Mason in 1875, in County Durham, the son of a railway clerk. By 1900 he had decided to be a full time artist. During WWI he was a shipping war artist of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve. A number of his paintings from that period are in the Imperial War Museum. From the 1920s he produced the artwork for a huge number of posters for the railway companies. He was elected to both the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. He was exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1902 onwards, and is represented in many galleries.