A string of Pearls, The Gems of the Chiltern Hills

Poster, Great Central Railway, A String of Pearls, The Gems of the Chiltern Hills, about 1910. Coloured lithograph depicting thirteen illustrations of tourist attractions, arranged like a necklace, with the GCR logo at the top. Places featured are Wadddesdon Manor; Chorley Wood; Burnham Beeches, Beaconsfield station; Chesham; Milton's Cottage, Chalfont St Giles; Hampden House, Great Missenden station; Wendover; Amersham; Whiteleaf Cross, Prince's Risborough; Hughenden, High Wycombe; Beaconsfield; Chenies; Aylesbury. Text reads "Gt. Central Ry.", and in an overprint on a white ground at the bottom of the poster "For train service from Marylebone Apply to the Superintendent of the Line, 11, Blandford Square, London, NW1, Sam Fay, General Manager". At the bottom left margin text reads "The Avenue Press Ltd, 6, Bourne Street, London, E2". Format double royal, 630 x 1015mm.