Object Description
Original vintage Art Deco travel poster – The Continent – issued by the Great Western Railway GWR, London Midland & Scottish Railway LMS, London & North Eastern Railway LNER and Southern Railway to promote their joint train and ferry services to mainland Europe from the UK. Stunning artwork by W. Smithson Broadhead (1888-1960) showing elegantly dressed people enjoying drinks at an outdoor cafe under an awning, ladies in fashionable dresses and men in suits, drinking and reading the newspaper with a waiter holding up a tray of glasses, a tree, classic cars and a bus visible on the square surrounded by buildings in the background, the bold title text and information on the black border below – For particulars of services by all routes apply at principal stations, offices or agencies of the GW LMS LNE & Southern Railways. Printed by Haycock Press. Large size. Good condition, restored folds, backed on linen.