Title - Go exploring by train...with a Holiday Runabout Ticket.
Artist - Arthur George Mills (1907-1996).
Description - A happy rosy-cheeked family appear to have arrived at an un-named location, and just left the modern red-brick station. The suggestion is that with a Runabout Ticket you get the opportunity to go whenever you want for happy days out.
Year Published - 1950s
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm) plus linen border.
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Western Region) PR 48
Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London and Dunstable.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, we have had this poster conservation-backed on linen.
It was rather tatty and has restored very well, with a small top corner paper loss replaced, and a number of tears including through the man's face, which have been repaired and touched-up with watercolour pencils. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Arthur George Mills was born in Walthamstow, studied at Leyton Art School, Central School of Arts and Crafts and the Camberwell School of Art. Either side of the war he was an active commercial artist and art teacher. He produced work for travel, industrial and safety posters.