Title - Exmouth - Devon.
Location - Exmouth, Devon, England.
Artist - Leslie Carr (1891-1969).
Description - Exmouth is at the end of the 'Avocet Line' from Exeter. The view shown here is centered on the promenade area of the town along the east bank of the Exe estuary.
The poster was commissioned jointly with the local council, and it may well be a pre-war painting not used at the time, as it has more of a 1930s feel to it, with the use of block colours.
Year Published - 1947
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railway Travel Poster.
Southern Railway Advertising Ad.5578/2000/1947 (a print run of 2000, in 1947).
Printed in Great Britain by McCorquodale & Co Ltd, London.
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, conservation-backed on linen as aquired. For more details of the process please see the "Conservation" page of this website.
Old fold lines just visible and minor touch ups on the fold in the sea area. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artists:
Leslie Carr was born in Hove, West Sussex in 1891.
He started work at the London Stock Exchange, then served in WWI, and then became a full time artist and graphic designer. He had a martime interest, and also produced posters for the LNER and Southern Railway, and later British Railways as well as Morris Motors.
