Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Septimus Edwin Scott, 1879–1962, British

Commissioned by London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British

Printed by S. C. Allen & Company Ltd
Title:
Blackpool: Where Health and Pleasure Meet
Date:
ca. 1930
Materials & Techniques:
Lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet: 39 1/4 x 49 3/4 inches (99.7 x 126.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
In artist's hand, in black, bottom right corner of image: "Sep E Scott". In large black type, in white (but yellowing) border, above image: "BLACKPOOL"; in smaller black type: "WHERE HEALTH & PLEASURE MEET - TRAVEL IN COMFORT BY LMS". In tiny black type in white (but yellowing) border, beneath image, left: "E·R·C 53351"; right: "Printed in England by S.C. ALLEN & COMPANY LTD., 4 LISLE ST. LONDON, W.C.2". In graphite, on canvas backing, bottom right corner: "$7400"; top left corner: "17·22".
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Henry S. Hacker, Yale BA 1965
Copyright Status:
© National Railway Museum / SSPL
Accession Number:
B2001.16.2
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)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:50395