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Norfolk Coast

Poster
ca.1925 (issued)
Artist/Maker
London and North Eastern Railway (issuer)
Picking (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour lithograph poster promoting tourism to the Norfolk coast. The design features an image of people in swimwear, sunbathing and relaxing on a beach, with red and white striped beach huts behind them and a blue sky above. The image is enclosed by a yellow border, with text lettered below it in black.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Transport
Entertainment & Leisure
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleNorfolk Coast
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Colour Lithography
Brief description
'Norfolk Coast'. Colour lithograph poster depicting people relaxing on a beach. Designed by Picking and issued by the London and North Eastern Railway, Great Britain, ca.1925.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster promoting tourism to the Norfolk coast. The design features an image of people in swimwear, sunbathing and relaxing on a beach, with red and white striped beach huts behind them and a blue sky above. The image is enclosed by a yellow border, with text lettered below it in black.
Dimensions
  • Height: 101.2cm
  • Width: 126.4cm
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
'NORFOLK COAST / FOR TRAIN SERVICES AND CHEAP FARES APPLY TO / ANY LNER INQUIRY OFFICE OR AGENCY' (Lettered in black below the image.)
Subjects depicted
Tourism
Summer
Beach
Swimsuits
Beach Hut
Place depicted
Norfolk
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Other number
30/E10 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.191-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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