Title - Minehead - The Gateway To Exmoor - Travel By Train.
Location - Minehead, Somerset, England.
Artist - Robert Johnston (1906-?).
Description - Minehead was advertised by the railways regularly over many years, often using this view along the beach towards North Hill. The curved beach is busy with families enjoying the sand and the gentle waves. Minehead is now the terminus of the West Somerset Railway, and still a popular holiday destination.
Year Published - 1950s
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Western Region) (P.W. 73)
Printed in Great Britain by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Folds with some age-discolouration, edge tears, some with white paper tape on rear. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Robert Johnston was born, as far as is known, on Rothesay island off the Scottish coast in 1906, the eldest of three brothers. A product of the stormy west coast of Scotland, with a passion for the sea and ships, it would have been natural for Johnston to have associated himself with some kind of seamanship, and in WWII he commanded HMS Louis.
He was a three-times summer exhibitioner at the Royal Academy, a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, which he joined in the late 1940s, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours from 1954 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters from 1963.
He is known as a creator of rural idylls and tradesmen depicted as happy in their work for Austin Motor Company, Longbridge car brochures. He also took on many magazine and book illustration commissions, and produced a number of posters for British Railways.
Location - Minehead, Somerset, England.
Artist - Robert Johnston (1906-?).
Description - Minehead was advertised by the railways regularly over many years, often using this view along the beach towards North Hill. The curved beach is busy with families enjoying the sand and the gentle waves. Minehead is now the terminus of the West Somerset Railway, and still a popular holiday destination.
Year Published - 1950s
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by The Railway Executive (Western Region) (P.W. 73)
Printed in Great Britain by Jordison & Co Ltd, London and Middlesbrough
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+, un-conserved.
Folds with some age-discolouration, edge tears, some with white paper tape on rear. More detailed photos are available on request if required.
More About The Artist:
Robert Johnston was born, as far as is known, on Rothesay island off the Scottish coast in 1906, the eldest of three brothers. A product of the stormy west coast of Scotland, with a passion for the sea and ships, it would have been natural for Johnston to have associated himself with some kind of seamanship, and in WWII he commanded HMS Louis.
He was a three-times summer exhibitioner at the Royal Academy, a member of the Royal Society of Marine Artists, which he joined in the late 1940s, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours from 1954 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters from 1963.
He is known as a creator of rural idylls and tradesmen depicted as happy in their work for Austin Motor Company, Longbridge car brochures. He also took on many magazine and book illustration commissions, and produced a number of posters for British Railways.
Product Code: 2072
Product Condition: New
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