Title - Londonderry - Travel There In Comfort By Rail And Sea.
Location - Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Artist - Kerry Ernest Lee (1903-1988).
Description - This fabulous depiction is effectively a shrunken aerial view of Derry's 17th century walled city, with the most imposing buildings being St Columb's Cathedral and the Derry Guildhall, seen between the walls and River Foyle. Kerry Lee always includes himself painting somewhere in the artwork, this time by the river. This is one of a series of map posters which he produced for different towns and cities.
Year Published - 1953
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (London Midland Region) LM 9453
Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London and Dunstable
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/B, un-conserved.
Creased folds, a couple of taped edge tears, minor foxing, a few brown grease spots at bottom. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Kerry Ernest Lee was born in Hackney and is best known for his amusing pictorial maps of many British towns and cities for British Railways and the Travel Association of Great Britain. Bryars and Bryars have an excellent blog article about his life and work.