The Yorkshire Coast

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Artist/Maker	London and North Eastern Railway (issuer) Knight, Laura (Dame) (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (issued)

'The Yorkshire Coast: The Holiday Handbook'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway. The design shows four girls in various types of beach or swimwear, playing ball on the beach. The sea is in the distant background and small white clouds are in the blue sky above. Signed.

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Categories	Prints Transport Advertising Entertainment & Leisure Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	The Yorkshire Coast
Materials and techniques	Colour lithograph Printing Ink Colour Lithography
Brief description	'The Yorkshire Coast', colour lithograph poster designed by Dame Laura Knight and issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Britain, ca. 1929
Physical description	'The Yorkshire Coast: The Holiday Handbook'. Colour lithograph poster advertising the London and North Eastern Railway. The design shows four girls in various types of beach or swimwear, playing ball on the beach. The sea is in the distant background and small white clouds are in the blue sky above. Signed.
Dimensions	Height: 100cm Width: 125.3cm Measurements 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	Signed.
Subjects depicted	Transport Travel Play Holiday Beach Girls Swimsuits Beachwear
Place depicted	Yorkshire
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	24/D3 - V&A microfiche
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1432-1929

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1023401/the-yorkshire-coast-poster-knight-laura-dame/

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