Title - Normandy & Brittany - Regular Services Via Southampton-Havre & Newhaven-Dieppe With A Direct Summer Service Via Southampton-St Malo.
Artist - Frederick Walter 'Pat/Paddy' Nevin (1912-1995).
Description - A lovely colourful montage still-life showing the peaceful essence of north-west France. Fishing villages, fresh local food and drink, stone cottages under fluffy clouds in a blue sky.
Year Published - 1954
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 British Railways (Southern Region) AD6673/B25
Printed by Charles & Read Ltd, London & Harlow.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/A-, we have had this poster conservation-backed on linen.
Repaired edge wear and tears and pinhole damage, slight age-discolouration around the edges. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Pat/Paddy Nevin was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, and attended Art School. He moved to England in 1936, did some film set design work and was soon working with The Motor magazine as their motor racing artist. After war work in the RAF, he moved to Pinner, becoming a freelance commercial artist. In the 1950s he produced a number of posters for British Railways and Cunard.