Title - Wales - A Holiday-Land Full of Undiscovered Charm.
Location - Carreg Cennen Castle, Carmarthenshire, Wales.
Artist - Archibald Bertram Webb (1887-1944).
Description - A stylised scene, using the block-colour style of the 1930s. After some investigation we have determined that the view is looking north-eastwards in the Brecon Beacons towards Carreg Cennen Castle. There has been some artistic licence used to increase the height and reduce the amount of tree coverage of the rockface, but there are contemporary photographs which suggest the tree cover was less than than it is now, and there was a white house in a similar position.
Year Published - c1935
Size - Quad Royal (approx 50 x 40in or 127 x 101.5cm) plus linen border.
Other Details:
Original Vintage GWR British Railway Travel Poster.
No.76. James Milne General Manager.
Paddington Station W.2.
Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd, London NW10
Condition Grade and Condition Report:
Grade: B+/A-, conservation-backed on linen as acquired. For more details of the process please see the "Conservation" page of this website.
Minor repairs to folds and to a horizontal tear above the artist's signature. More detailed photos available on request.
More About The Artist:
Archibald Bertram Webb was born in Kent, studied art in London and started work as an illustrator and commercial artist. He emigrated to Australia in 1915. He produced posters for the Empire Marketing Board, and during a brief return to Britain from 1934 he also produced some for the GWR. He returned to Australia in 1937 and died there in 1944.
