Charles Shepard, Born 1842Commissioned by Southern Railway, 1923–1947, BritishPrinted by The Baynard Press, British
Title:
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Date:
1939
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39 x 24 3/16 inches (99.1 x 61.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In purple type, bottom right of image: "SHEP". In brown type, across bottom of poster: "ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS". In black, beneath, center: "Guide Free from Information Bureau"; in blue type, beneath, center: "EXPRESS TRAINS · CHEAP FARES BY"; continues in brown letters outlined in white: "SOUTHERN RAILWAY". Along bottom edge of poster in tiny black type, left: "SOUTHERN RAILWAY ADVERTISING"; center: "58 Ad. 5015 / 3000/1939 [as fraction]"; right: "PRINTED IN ENGLAND AT THE BAYNARD PRESS, LONDON". Blue stamp on bottom edge of poster, center: "LOANED BY [...] ADVERTISING CO., INC. CLEVELAND, OHIO". In graphite, on canvas backing, bottom right corner: "1939 450-".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B2000.8.7
Classification:
Posters
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Musée de l'Imprimerie, 2010-10-13 - 2011-02-15)Art for All - British Posters for Transport (The Wolfsonian Museum, 2011-04-15 - 2011-08-14)Art for All - British Posters for Transport (Yale Center for British Art, 2010-05-27 - 2010-08-15)