Goodbye England! La Belle France!

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Artist/Maker	Southern Railway (issuer) Baynard Press (printers) Johnson, Andrew (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'Goodbye England! La Belle France!'. Colour lithograph railway poster advertising ferry travel. The design shows a fashionable couple standing on the upper-deck of a ferry waving a farewell. The woman has a bob haircut and is wearing a striking red coat. The man is wearing a blue coat and red tie.

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Categories	Prints Advertising Transport Fashion Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Goodbye England! La Belle France!
Materials and techniques	Colour lithography Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'Goodbye England! La Belle France!'. Colour lithograph railway poster advertising ferry travel. Designed by Andrew Johnson. Printed by The Baynard Press. Issued by the Southern Railway, Great Britain, 1930.
Physical description	'Goodbye England! La Belle France!'. Colour lithograph railway poster advertising ferry travel. The design shows a fashionable couple standing on the upper-deck of a ferry waving a farewell. The woman has a bob haircut and is wearing a striking red coat. The man is wearing a blue coat and red tie.
Dimensions	Height: 101.5cm Width: 62.5cm Taken from: Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Marks and inscriptions	'ANDREW JOHNSON' (Top-right corner.) 'Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., THE BAYNARD PRESS, Chryssell Road, S.W.9' (Bottom-right corner.) 'SOUTHERN RAILWAY ADVERTISING' (Bottom-left corner.) 'Goodbye England! La Belle France! / Short Sea Routes to the Continent by / SOUTHERN RAILWAY / GUIDE BOOKS & TIME-TABLES FROM CHIEF S.R. STATIONS' (Text of design.)
Subjects depicted	Travel Man Woman Ferry Stole Ferry
Bibliographic reference	Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number	20/E12 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.358-1931

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O749736/goodbye-england-la-belle-france-poster-johnson-andrew/

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