Inventarnummer
2009/75
Titel
Railway 'Country Lorry' Services,
Hersteller
Beschreibung
This poster advertises the British Railway 'Country Lorry' services link to towns, villages and farms. The poster has an image of a British Railways lorry, with a box being delivered to a rural general store. Beneath is the text 'Railway // "Country Lorry" // Services // Link Towns, // Villages & Farms // Details at any Railway Station or Inquiry Office // G.W.R. LMS L.N.E.R S.R.' The poster was designed by Frank Newbould (1887-1951), and likely dates from the 1940s, around the time of rail nationalisation in 1947.
Bestandsgeschichte
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Poster: 'Railway Country Lorry Services Link to Towns, Villages + Farms'. // Artwork by Frank Newbould (1887 - 1951) // Date likely to be 1940s, around the time of rail nationalisation in 1947, because the lorry has British Railways on its canvas side but the railway companies G.W.R, LMS, LNER, S. R. are mentioned at the bottom of the poster. // Dimensions // Framed by MERL // Dimensions of frame: 113 x 74 cm // Associated information // Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // Frank Newbould studied at Bradford College of Art. // In the 1920s + 30s he designed posters to LNER, GWE, Orient Line + Beligian Railways. In 1942, he joined the War Office as assistant to Abram Games when he produced 11 posters including 4 in the 'Your Britain Fight for it Now' series.', The National Archives - 'Newbould, Frank // 1887-1951 // Born in Bradford, Newbould studied at Bradford College of Art before becoming a black and white illustrator and poster artist. Although there is no record of First World War posters by Newbould, in 1919 he designed 'The Call of the East', a recruiting poster for the RAF. Inter-war he designed many posters, particularly for the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), London Transport and the Orient Line. // In 1942 Newbould joined the War Office as assistant to Abram Games, where he produced posters, inlcuding four for the 'Your Britain, Fight for it Now', in the tradition of 'This England' - a peacetime English scene, for which he had made famous with his LNER travel posters.'
Datum
1940 - 1949
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