Title - Paignton South Devon - The Family Resort Of Picturesque Torbay.
Location - Paignton, Devon, England.
Artist - Reginald Montague Lander (1913-c1980).
Description - A lovely bright design centred on a deckchair on the beach. Families are active on the beach behind and a hat & towel, bucket & spade and beach ball are in the foreground.
Year Published - 1950s
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 (Western Region) P.R. 54
Printed in Great Britain by Charles & Read Ltd, London & Harlow.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Folds, small repaired loss top edge, minor foxing, minor red ink ghosting in top half. 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.