Title – Visit Battle (Abbey).
Location - Battle, East Sussex, England.
Artist - Reginald Montague Lander (1913-c1980).
Description - Located inland from Hastings, is the site of the Battle of Hastings. On this site a Benedictine Abbey was built, and dedicated to St Martin of Tours.
In 1978 Reginald Montague Lander produced the "Visit" series of posters for the Southern Region, covering Castles, Cathedrals and Abbeys all of which were easily accessible from Southern Region trains.
The artwork for this series is almost in the style of etchings, in intricate detail, showing the respective buildings highlighted in their surroundings. This was long after photographic posters were the norm, and there is no question that art will always outshine photography on a poster because it's not just showing simple reality.
Year Published - 1978
Size - Double Royal (approx 40 x 25in or 101.5 x 63.5cm)
Other Details:
Original Vintage British Railways Travel Poster.
Published by British Rail Southern AD993/B21/2/12178 Code C
Screen Printed by Planet Displays
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: A-, un-conserved.
Not folded, A little creasing bottom right. 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.
