Title - The Bournemouth Belle - Daily Throughout The Year.
Location - Woking, Surrey, England.
Artist - Barber.
Description - The main subject of the artwork is the luxurious Pullman coaching stock. The view is of the Belle steam-hauled train passing through Woking station en-route to London, with a mainline third-rail electic multiple unit, coming towards us, forming a Waterloo to Portsmouth semi-fast train (Headcode 8). The Bournemouth Belle service ran from 1931 to 1967 using All-Pullman locomotive-hauled coaching stock. Post-war the train was almost always hauled by Merchant Navy steam locomotives. The train was popular with passengers for the ocean liners and ferries from Southampton as well as tourists for Bournemouth itself.
This is a Stock poster, where the image would have been printed seperately, with the wording added later in letterpress form. This way, a part-pictorial poster image could be used for multiple advertising purposes.
Year Published - 1953
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Southern Region) AD 6607/A5/23953
Printed in Great Britain by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough
And printing details for the Letterpress timetable and title:
AD 6632
The Baynard Press.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Folds, minor creasing. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
