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The Londoner's Garden - Kent,

F. Gregory Brown, Adams Bros & Shardlow Ltd., Southern Railway

This poster was produced by Southern Railway for use on their network. It is entitled 'The Londoner's Garden - Kent', and advertises 'Cheap Day Tickets to the Kent Hills from Victoria, Charing X, Cannon St, London Bridge and suburban stations by Southern Railway'. The poster was designed by the artist F. Gregory Brown (1887-1941), and was printed by Adams Bros and Shardlow Ltd.

Coloured lithograph with oast house scene; good condition; some discolouring to outer border; framed (by MERL)

MERL OLIB database note – 'The artist, F.Gregory Brown (1887-1941), began his career in the 1900s as an art metalworker. He was a founder member of the Design and Industries Association in 1915. In addition to designing posters for London Underground, railway companies and the Empire Marketing Board, he was a well known landscape painter, illustrator, metal worker and textile designer. He won a gold medal at the 1925 Paris Exhibition of Decorative Arts for textile design. Poster printed by Adams Bros and Shardlow Ltd, London.', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Southern Railway Poster. // Colour Lithograph of scene with Oast Houses. // 'Cheap Day Tickets to the Kent Hills from Victoria, Charing X, Cannon St, London Bridge and suburban stations by Southern Railway.' // Artist F. Gregory Brown (1887-1941) // Printed by Adams Bros and Shardlow Ltd. // ... Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project.'

, Greater London [region]

1926 - 1926