Title - Brighton & Hove - Brilliant And Beautiful.
Location - Brighton, Sussex, England.
Artist - Laurence Fish (1919-2009).
Description - The south coast sunshine has attracted a tanned bathing belle covered by a beach shawl while taking in the sun. The poster design is simple and eye catching, and one of a series which he produced for different holiday locations around the country.
Year Published - 1957
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railway Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (Southern Region) AD. 7287/57-58
Printed in Great Britain at The Baynard Press
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/A-, un-conserved.
Folds, minor brown markings to border edges, small brown marking to right side of shawl. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More about the artist:
Laurence Fish was born in London, and started work as an illustrator, after the war becoming internationally known. He produced illustration and technical image work for many large industrial companies as well as his posters for British Railways, which he mostly signed as "Laurence". He also had a fine art style, which was rather different, and on which he concentrated in later years.