Title - Cheshire - See Britain By Train.
Location - Cheshire, England.
Artist - Reginald Montague Lander (1913-c1980).
Description - A bright and colourful montage showing a variety of places of interest around Cheshire. It includes Chester's Eastgate clock, Little Moreton Hall and various seaside-related activities.
Year Published - 1958
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm) plus linen border.
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by British Railways (London Midland Region) LM 19058
Printed in Great Britain by McCorquodale & Co Ltd, London
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, conservation-backed on linen as acquired.
Repaired fold wear, and some remaining engrained dirt markings (maybe from life under a carpet?). More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Reginald Montague Lander was a freelance commercial artist in gouache and watercolour, and a prolific poster designer. He was born in London in 1913, educated at Clapham Central School and studied art at Hammersmith School of Art. He became the chief designer and studio manager at Ralph Mott Studio from 1930-9, and worked for Government Ministries and the British Transport Commission. He produced a huge number of posters for GWR, LNER, British Railways and the Post Office, right up to the early 1980s.
