Title - Devon - Travel By Train.
Location - Devon, England.
Artist - Frank Wootton OBE (1914-1998).
Description - A typical attractive scene in an unspecified quiet old Devon village with thatched cob cottages, a church and a duck pond. A perfect tranquil summer's day.
Year Published - 1950s
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 (Western Region) P.R.25
Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London and Dunstable
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Minor creasing and small nicks top left edge. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More about the artist:
Frank Wootton was born In Milford on Sea, Hampshire. He attended art school from age 14, and volunteered for the RAF in 1939. He accepted a special commission to be an official war artist for the RAF and Royal Canadian Air Force. He is recognised as probably the finest aviation artist of all time. He also produced 12 railway posters after the war, when he had become a commercial artist.
