
3 3 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 25cm
Description
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) to promote winter travel to Southport, Merseyside. The poster is illustrated with a painting of fashionably dresed women and men leaving the Garrick Theatre in Lord Street. Artwork by Fortunino Matania, who was born in Naples, but from the age of twenty worked in Paris and then in London. King George V (1865-1936) was impresed with Matania's work and invited him to cover his tour of India.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10170881
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