British Railways Poster, Thinking of a Holiday?

Made:
1952 in London
artist:
Huveneers, Pieter
maker:
British Railways and Ernest J Day and Company Limited
British Railways Poster, Thinking of a Holiday?

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Poster, British Railways, Thinking of a Holiday? Holiday Guides 1952, Now on Sale, by Pieter Huveneers, about 1951. Coloured lithograph depicting a man in dark office clothes and trilby hat reading a guide, through which his smiling face appears, in sunglasses, straw hat and smoking a pipe. The text below advertises guidebooks for five areas of the UK, priced at one shilling each. Text in bottom margin reads "Published by Railway Executive No 44, Printed in Great Britain by Ernest J. Day & Co. Ltd., London W.1". Format double royal.

Posters and eye-catching travel guides were used by railway companies at stations to promote leisure activities, holidays and travel opportunities to passengers waiting for their train. Railway companies regularly commissioned graphic artists to design the posters to make them visually engaging and market attractive things to do by train to encourage more customers.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1976-9249
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 1016 mm x 630 mm
type:
poster

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