A string of Pearls, The Gems of the Chiltern Hills

Made:
circa 1910
publisher:
Great Central Railway
maker:
Avenue Press Limited
Poster, Great Central Railway, A String of Pearls

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Poster, Great Central Railway, A String of Pearls
Science Museum Group Collection
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

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.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1986-8802
Materials:
paper
type:
poster
credit:
Onslow's Auctioneers