Title - Hiking - Walking Tour Day Tickets.
Location - Darlington, Thornaby, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England.
Artist - Frank Newbould (1887-1951).
Description - This "Stock" poster used an image by Frank Newbould, of a young couple with walking-sticks and rucksacks, probably from the 1930s when walking and hiking was a major pastime. The LNER would have had a large number of these posters printed with just the image, and then they would have been run through the printers again to add whatever wording was required at the time. This way one poster image could be reused many times and for many events over a number of years.
This particular example was used to promote walking tour day tickets in northeast England, from Darlington, Thornaby, Stockton and Middlesbrough. The poster includes basic details and prices of some tours in the text and mentions a more detailed pamphlet which was available from the railway company.
Year Published - c1930s
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage LNER Stock Excursion Poster.
Published by the London and North Eastern Railway
Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London & Dunstable
Wording added later by "Herald, York"
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/B, un-conserved.
Folds, creased and torn with acid-free tape on rear in many places, minor staining. Displays well for a pre-war "letterpress" poster. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Frank Newbould was born in Bradford in 1887. He was educated at Bradford College of Art and Camberwell School of Art, and worked mostly in London from the interwar period specialising in travel posters. His clients included the Empire Marketing Board; London Transport and its predecessors; the London & North Eastern, Great Western and London, Midland and Scottish Railways, and the Orient and Cunard Lines.
In 1942 he joined the War Office as assistant to Abram Games where he produced eleven posters, including a series Your Britain, Fight for it Now.
