East Coast by London & North Eastern Railway / Tom Purvis – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with East Coast by London & North Eastern Railway / Tom Purvis, a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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East Coast by London & North Eastern Railway / Tom Purvis
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Its subject headings point to clamming, fishermen and seaside holidays, which sets it apart from the gallery's other views of the British coast. The London & North Eastern Railway issued it to promote travel along the East Coast main line between London and Scotland and to draw city travelers to the seaside. Tom Purvis, one of the leading British poster designers of the interwar years, made the design, and the color lithograph suits the flat shapes and saturated colors favored in railway advertising of the period. Dangerfield Printing Co. produced the poster in London, and its date is recorded only as sometime between 1930 and 1940.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 127 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | London : London & North Eastern Railway, [between 1930 and 1940] (London : Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd.) |
| Subjects | Clamming--Great Britain--1930-1940. Fishermen--Great Britain--1930-1940. Vacations--Great Britain--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,099 × 4,088 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226335 |
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