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southern railway for sunshine at home or abroad

Collection:  NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Name:  poster
Maker:  Grundy, John Hull; Southern Railway
Date Made:  1933
Materials:  paper
Measurements:  : 40 x 25 in.; 1016 x 635 mm

Description:  Poster, Southern Railway, Southern Railway for Sunshine at Home or Abroad by John Hull Grundy, 1933. Coloured lithograph featuring a pixelated dot matrix illustration of a young woman in a red swiming costume sunbathing at the seaside. Text below reads "The further from this picture, the stronger it becomes, the further south you travel, the stronger is the sun. Southern Railway for sunshine, at home or abroad". The picture becomes clear as the viewer moves away from the image. Reference AD 2224 1500/1933. Format; double royal, 40 x 25 inches.

Object Number:  1975-8402

2 Related People

Grundy, John Hull
1907-1984, entomologist; artist; poster artist; benefactor, British
Southern Railway
1923-1948, railway company, England
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